Voter Approval of FBI Declines - Demographic Details
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| National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted December 29-20, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Impression of the FBI | Is Christopher Wray a better or worse FBI director than most of those who held the job before him? Or is his performance about the same? | Is the FBI director influenced by the president in his decision-making, or is he truly independent of the administration? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There is "a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden‘s personal Gestapo?”? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | Better | Worse | About the same | Not sure | He is influenced by the president in his decision-making | He is truly independent of the administration | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Impression of the FBI | Very favorable | 15% | 17% | 14% | 19% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 22% | 13% | 11% | 25% | 9% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 50% | 7% | 12% | 16% | 24% | 32% | 12% | 14% | 9% | 11% | 15% | 28% | 21% | 21% | 13% | 20% | 14% | 9% | 46% | 13% | 5% | 4% | 14% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 58% | 2% | 17% | 10% | 10% | 27% | 13% | 12% | 4% | 12% | 28% | 14% |
| Somewhat favorable | 31% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 30% | 33% | 19% | 30% | 27% | 38% | 26% | 22% | 36% | 42% | 24% | 34% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 42% | 24% | 29% | 32% | 26% | 35% | 30% | 11% | 22% | 31% | 30% | 34% | 30% | 40% | 48% | 46% | 15% | 57% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 13% | 37% | 37% | 20% | 49% | 34% | 9% | 36% | 44% | 44% | 33% | |
| Somewhat unfavorable | 21% | 23% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 25% | 14% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 15% | 4% | 21% | 24% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 20% | 16% | 0% | 23% | 19% | 22% | 20% | 20% | 6% | 20% | 17% | 29% | 16% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 28% | 21% | 19% | 24% | 13% | 22% | 19% | 33% | 28% | 12% | 18% | |
| Very unfavorable | 26% | 26% | 26% | 18% | 32% | 28% | 25% | 25% | 33% | 32% | 16% | 32% | 37% | 21% | 13% | 18% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 23% | 11% | 37% | 33% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 22% | 65% | 29% | 30% | 21% | 30% | 26% | 2% | 9% | 17% | 47% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 4% | 54% | 21% | 17% | 41% | 9% | 16% | 57% | 23% | 10% | 8% | 16% | |
| Not sure | 7% | 3% | 10% | 11% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 12% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 2% | 15% | 6% | 11% | 16% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 17% | 5% | 2% | 16% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 19% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Impression of the FBI | Is Christopher Wray a better or worse FBI director than most of those who held the job before him? Or is his performance about the same? | Is the FBI director influenced by the president in his decision-making, or is he truly independent of the administration? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There is "a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden‘s personal Gestapo?”? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | Better | Worse | About the same | Not sure | He is influenced by the president in his decision-making | He is truly independent of the administration | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Is Christopher Wray a better or worse FBI director than most of those who held the job before him? Or is his performance about the same? | Better | 10% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 18% | 5% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 22% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 10% | 17% | 4% | 4% | 13% | 17% | 21% | 6% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 35% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 37% | 10% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 17% | 5% | 13% | 4% | 4% | 17% | 3% |
| Worse | 25% | 27% | 23% | 17% | 28% | 31% | 24% | 14% | 35% | 34% | 15% | 26% | 35% | 20% | 11% | 4% | 25% | 25% | 29% | 22% | 13% | 27% | 18% | 23% | 29% | 25% | 24% | 7% | 30% | 27% | 25% | 31% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 16% | 43% | 21% | 4% | 11% | 34% | 51% | 7% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 41% | 11% | 7% | 49% | 30% | 19% | 7% | 9% | |
| About the same | 37% | 42% | 33% | 37% | 39% | 35% | 37% | 42% | 34% | 36% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 40% | 42% | 26% | 31% | 38% | 38% | 40% | 48% | 35% | 51% | 40% | 36% | 35% | 38% | 14% | 44% | 36% | 42% | 32% | 35% | 37% | 45% | 40% | 34% | 35% | 41% | 45% | 37% | 30% | 23% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 32% | 47% | 37% | 27% | 43% | 52% | 47% | 22% | |
| Not sure | 28% | 20% | 35% | 34% | 25% | 25% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 23% | 29% | 31% | 22% | 31% | 34% | 48% | 36% | 31% | 26% | 22% | 18% | 29% | 15% | 32% | 32% | 27% | 21% | 58% | 20% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 45% | 22% | 40% | 41% | 23% | 44% | 18% | 34% | 26% | 18% | 67% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 18% | 24% | 52% | 11% | 23% | 25% | 29% | 66% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Impression of the FBI | Is Christopher Wray a better or worse FBI director than most of those who held the job before him? Or is his performance about the same? | Is the FBI director influenced by the president in his decision-making, or is he truly independent of the administration? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There is "a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden‘s personal Gestapo?”? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | Better | Worse | About the same | Not sure | He is influenced by the president in his decision-making | He is truly independent of the administration | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Is the FBI director influenced by the president in his decision-making, or is he truly independent of the administration? | He is influenced by the president in his decision-making | 50% | 53% | 47% | 50% | 52% | 45% | 49% | 40% | 59% | 61% | 35% | 54% | 64% | 48% | 25% | 20% | 41% | 55% | 53% | 47% | 48% | 54% | 60% | 52% | 49% | 54% | 40% | 57% | 61% | 54% | 50% | 45% | 48% | 24% | 32% | 46% | 70% | 39% | 34% | 32% | 59% | 77% | 35% | 44% | 82% | 43% | 32% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 83% | 66% | 40% | 14% | 36% |
| He is truly independent of the administration | 26% | 25% | 26% | 22% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 30% | 23% | 16% | 42% | 18% | 15% | 28% | 45% | 29% | 29% | 19% | 27% | 33% | 28% | 16% | 31% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 38% | 4% | 20% | 28% | 26% | 30% | 20% | 54% | 35% | 33% | 7% | 34% | 45% | 41% | 16% | 9% | 9% | 45% | 12% | 33% | 22% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 7% | 14% | 35% | 60% | 9% | |
| Not sure | 25% | 22% | 27% | 28% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 30% | 18% | 23% | 23% | 28% | 21% | 25% | 30% | 51% | 30% | 26% | 20% | 21% | 24% | 30% | 9% | 29% | 26% | 23% | 22% | 39% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 31% | 21% | 34% | 21% | 23% | 27% | 21% | 27% | 26% | 14% | 56% | 11% | 7% | 24% | 45% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 9% | 20% | 24% | 26% | 56% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Impression of the FBI | Is Christopher Wray a better or worse FBI director than most of those who held the job before him? Or is his performance about the same? | Is the FBI director influenced by the president in his decision-making, or is he truly independent of the administration? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There is "a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden‘s personal Gestapo?”? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | Better | Worse | About the same | Not sure | He is influenced by the president in his decision-making | He is truly independent of the administration | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There is "a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden‘s personal Gestapo?”? | Strongly agree | 29% | 31% | 27% | 22% | 33% | 33% | 28% | 24% | 35% | 42% | 21% | 25% | 47% | 17% | 7% | 25% | 34% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 21% | 35% | 41% | 34% | 32% | 26% | 24% | 32% | 34% | 34% | 24% | 33% | 27% | 18% | 6% | 9% | 49% | 10% | 24% | 8% | 27% | 63% | 11% | 40% | 57% | 21% | 11% | 49% | 8% | 11% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Somewhat agree | 17% | 19% | 15% | 19% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 8% | 17% | 22% | 9% | 22% | 22% | 17% | 8% | 14% | 10% | 17% | 24% | 13% | 15% | 22% | 10% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 12% | 11% | 18% | 17% | 21% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 12% | 19% | 25% | 24% | 5% | 20% | 27% | 15% | 10% | 7% | 21% | 20% | 14% | 23% | 9% | 14% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Somewhat disagree | 13% | 14% | 12% | 21% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 19% | 18% | 10% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 17% | 18% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 5% | 28% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 12% | 0% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 10% | 14% | 9% | 21% | 28% | 8% | 25% | 10% | 18% | 17% | 5% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 18% | 11% | 10% | 17% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Strongly disagree | 25% | 24% | 27% | 18% | 29% | 30% | 29% | 26% | 15% | 10% | 39% | 27% | 9% | 32% | 51% | 16% | 20% | 22% | 23% | 40% | 36% | 20% | 11% | 13% | 20% | 26% | 44% | 54% | 30% | 26% | 22% | 30% | 21% | 63% | 43% | 14% | 4% | 3% | 47% | 37% | 15% | 8% | 27% | 43% | 7% | 32% | 27% | 7% | 60% | 27% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 15% | 12% | 19% | 19% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 23% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 17% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 41% | 23% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 15% | 18% | 10% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 18% | 12% | 24% | 6% | 19% | 30% | 15% | 38% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 42% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 36% | 11% | 5% | 35% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| Gender | Male | 47% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 53% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 18-39 | 33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 46% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 21% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Race | White | 67% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Republican | 33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat | 35% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
