PRRI Releases New Survey on the U.S. Supreme Court, Sexual Harassment, Reproductive Health and the Midterms
Amid the bitter U.S. Supreme Court confirmation fight and the 2018 midterm battle for control of Congress, PRRI today released a
new survey exploring Americans’ attitudes towards the issues that could shape the outcomes of these skirmishes. Six in ten (60 percent) Americans say that they would definitely not vote for a political candidate who had been accused of sexual harassment by multiple people. Thirty-two percent say they would still consider voting for such a candidate. “While majorities of men and women both say they wouldn’t vote for a candidate accused of sexual harassment, partisanship trumps gender on this issue,” said PRRI CEO Robert P. Jones. “Strong majorities of Democratic men and women, compared to only about four in ten Republican women and fewer than three in ten Republican men, say they wouldn’t vote for a candidate facing multiple accusations of sexual harassment.”