Americans consider using campaign money for personal legal issues, ignoring subpoena, the worst actions the president can take, new investigation Found.
The YouGov investigation includes 26 potential presidential actions, asking Americans if they are acceptable or unacceptable.
78% of Americans believe that using campaign funds for personal legal disputes is an unacceptable behavior for the president. In comparison, 69% feel the same way about refusing to respond to the subpoena.
Other presidential lawsuits that Americans think are unacceptable include attempting to serve above the permitted conditions (68%) and pressure the Department of Justice to investigate political rivals (67 and the use of federal funds as a tool for political gains (66%).
The most commonly unappropriate presidential actions include making important policy announcements via social media, with only 40% feeling unacceptable. Holding official meetings at their own venues is considered unacceptable at 41%, while 42% believe that using social media for official communication is unacceptable.
There is a huge gap between Democrats and Republicans in terms of what is considered inappropriate behaviour for the president.
Democrats tend to disapprove almost every action mentioned in the survey than Republicans do.
Over 80% of Democrats accept that the president uses federal funds for political gain, limits access to reporting during important events, and appoints a high-level relative to the government I think I can't do it.
However, less than half of Republicans believe they are unacceptable to one of these actions.
The most notable partisan difference is to stop the distribution of federal grants and loans, a measure recently implemented by the Trump administration. While 84% of Democrats think they are unacceptable, only 18% of Republicans feel the same.
Polls suggest that Republicans may support a reevaluation of official recommendations for widely used vaccines, but this support is not overwhelming.
About four in ten Republicans support such a proposal, compared to about two in ten Democrats.
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