OPINION POLL |
| What do Indians feel
about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal? INDIA TODAY commissioned ORG-MARG
to conduct a poll to find out. A total of 962 people in the 18 plus age-group were
interviewed in six cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
The result indicates that the majority feel Clinton should not resign as president despite
the scandal. |
Do you think President Clinton should resign? |
Yes |
43 |
No |
54 |
| Male |
Yes 45 |
No 54 |
| Female |
Yes 42 |
No 55 |
| Why
should President Clinton resign? |
| Because it was wrong for the President of
the US to have an extra-marital affair. |
45 |
| He was caught having an extra-marital affair |
22 |
| The President lied under oath about it |
31 |
| ls
it morally correct for the President to have an extra-marital affair? |
Male |
Yes |
25 |
No |
74 |
Female |
Yes |
14 |
No |
83 |
Are
you offended that Clinton used the
Oval office for his sexual liaisons? |
| Yes |
87 |
| No |
12 |
| Have
you read excerpts from the Kenneth Starr report? |
| Yes |
48 |
| No |
50 |
| Do
you think Starr was right in disclosing explicit details about the Clinton-Lewinsky
affair? |
| Yes |
61 |
| No |
36 |
| Do
you think Hillary Clinton should divorce her husband? |
| Yes |
25 |
| No |
67 |
| Do
you approve of media prying into personal lives of politicians? |
| Yes |
52 |
| No |
46 |
| Do
you think the Clinton-Lewinsky episode has weakened the image of the US internationally? |
| Yes |
52 |
| No |
45 |
| Are
you still in favour of President Clinton visiting India |
| Yes |
66 |
| No |
32 |
| If
the Indian prime minister was involved in such scandal, would you want him to resign? |
| Yes |
64 |
| No |
33 |
| Do
you think it is wrong to have an extra-marital affair? |
| Yes |
73 |
| No |
25 |
| If
your spouse was having an affair with someone else, would you divorce him/ her? |
| Yes |
47 |
| No |
44 |
