ABC News Whitewater Poll, December 1996

This special topic poll, conducted December 9, 1996, is
part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public
opinion on the presidency and on a range of political and social
issues. The focus of this data collection was on the Whitewater
investigation. Respondents were asked whether they believed that the
circumstances surrounding the Whitewater real estate deal necessitated
a federal investigation, how much they knew about the special
independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr, and whether they approved of the
way he was handling the investigation. Other questions addressed the
Democratic National Campaign Committee's receipt of contributions from
foreign sources in Indonesia, whether it required a federal
investigation, and whether it was more or less important than the
Whitewater investigation. Demographic variables include sex.