Interviews with 843 adult Americans conducted by telephone by ORC International on November 18-20, 2013. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The sample includes 595 interviews among landline respondents and 248 interviews among cell phone respondents. FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 AT 4 PM
31. who was involved in the assassination. I'm going to read you the names of some people or groups and I'd like you to tell me if you think that they were or were not involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (RANDOM ORDER) (ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE. RESULTS BASED ON 420 INTERVIEWS IN VERSION B -- SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 5 PERCENTAGE POINTS.) Were Were not Involved involved No opinion The government of Cuba November 18-20, 2013 20% 77% 3% The Mafia November 18-20, 2013 30% 67% 4% The government of Russia or the Soviet Union November 18-20, 2013 22% 75% 3% The CIA November 18-20, 2013 33% 62% 5% Lyndon Johnson November 18-20, 2013 21% 75% 4% GALLUP TRENDS Were involved Were not involved No opinion The Cubans 2003 Nov 10-12 15 78 7 The Mafia 2003 Nov 10-12 37 56 7 The Soviet Union 2003 Nov 10-12 15 77 8 The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) 2003 Nov 10-12 34 60 6 Lyndon Johnson 2003 Nov 10-12 18 75 7 Question wording: There have been many theories about who was involved in the assassination. I'd like to know if you think any of the following were involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. POLL 13-2- November 18-20, 2013
METHODOLOGY A total of 843 adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell phones. All respondents were asked questions concerning basic demographics, and the entire sample was weighted to reflect national Census figures for gender, race, age, education, region of country, and telephone usage. Among the entire sample, 31% described themselves as Democrats, 23% described themselves as Republicans, and 46% described themselves as Independents or members of another party Crosstabs on the following pages only include results for subgroups with enough unweighted cases to produce a sampling error of +/- 8.5 percentage points or less. Some subgroups represent too small a share of the national population to produce crosstabs with an acceptable sampling error. Interviews were conducted among these subgroups, but results for groups with a sampling error larger than +/-8.5 percentage points are not displayed and instead are denoted with "N/A". POLL 13-3- November 18-20, 2013
Question 31A and I'd like you to tell me if you think that they were or were not involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A. The government of Cuba Were involved 20% 15% 25% 19% N/A 20% Were not involved 77% 83% 70% 77% N/A 77% No opinion 3% 2% 4% 3% N/A 3% Were involved 20% N/A N/A 25% 27% 16% 26% Were not involved 77% N/A N/A 70% 67% 82% 69% No opinion 3% N/A N/A 5% 6% 1% 5% Were involved 20% 23% 16% N/A 16% Were not involved 77% 74% 82% N/A 82% No opinion 3% 3% 2% N/A 3% Were involved 20% 16% 22% N/A N/A 22% 26% Were not involved 77% 79% 77% N/A N/A 76% 70% No opinion 3% 5% 2% N/A N/A 2% 4% Were involved 20% N/A N/A 22% N/A N/A 20% N/A Were not involved 77% N/A N/A 75% N/A N/A 77% N/A No opinion 3% N/A N/A 3% N/A N/A 3% N/A POLL 13-4- November 18-20, 2013
Question 31B and I'd like you to tell me if you think that they were or were not involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. B. The Mafia Were involved 30% 34% 26% 30% N/A 29% Were not involved 67% 62% 71% 67% N/A 69% No opinion 4% 4% 3% 3% N/A 3% Were involved 30% N/A N/A 32% 45% 25% 37% Were not involved 67% N/A N/A 66% 49% 73% 59% No opinion 4% N/A N/A 3% 6% 2% 4% Were involved 30% 36% 20% N/A 32% Were not involved 67% 59% 78% N/A 65% No opinion 4% 4% 1% N/A 3% Were involved 30% 33% 30% N/A N/A 29% 36% Were not involved 67% 63% 67% N/A N/A 67% 62% No opinion 4% 5% 3% N/A N/A 4% 2% Were involved 30% N/A N/A 37% N/A N/A 27% N/A Were not involved 67% N/A N/A 60% N/A N/A 70% N/A No opinion 4% N/A N/A 4% N/A N/A 3% N/A POLL 13-5- November 18-20, 2013
Question 31C and I'd like you to tell me if you think that they were or were not involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. C. The government of Russia or the Soviet Union Were involved 22% 21% 23% 22% N/A 19% Were not involved 75% 77% 73% 76% N/A 78% No opinion 3% 2% 4% 3% N/A 3% Were involved 22% N/A N/A 25% 24% 20% 25% Were not involved 75% N/A N/A 69% 73% 78% 71% No opinion 3% N/A N/A 5% 3% 2% 4% Were involved 22% 25% 19% N/A 18% Were not involved 75% 72% 79% N/A 79% No opinion 3% 3% 2% N/A 3% Were involved 22% 16% 24% N/A N/A 20% 24% Were not involved 75% 80% 74% N/A N/A 77% 73% No opinion 3% 4% 3% N/A N/A 3% 3% Were involved 22% N/A N/A 20% N/A N/A 22% N/A Were not involved 75% N/A N/A 77% N/A N/A 76% N/A No opinion 3% N/A N/A 3% N/A N/A 2% N/A POLL 13-6- November 18-20, 2013
Question 31D and I'd like you to tell me if you think that they were or were not involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. D. The C-I-A Were involved 33% 37% 28% 35% N/A 34% Were not involved 62% 58% 67% 62% N/A 62% No opinion 5% 5% 5% 4% N/A 4% Were involved 33% N/A N/A 44% 23% 31% 36% Were not involved 62% N/A N/A 52% 69% 65% 59% No opinion 5% N/A N/A 4% 8% 4% 6% Were involved 33% 35% 31% N/A 33% Were not involved 62% 59% 66% N/A 62% No opinion 5% 5% 3% N/A 4% Were involved 33% 26% 38% N/A N/A 30% 39% Were not involved 62% 68% 57% N/A N/A 65% 55% No opinion 5% 6% 5% N/A N/A 5% 6% Were involved 33% N/A N/A 42% N/A N/A 31% N/A Were not involved 62% N/A N/A 54% N/A N/A 65% N/A No opinion 5% N/A N/A 4% N/A N/A 4% N/A POLL 13-7- November 18-20, 2013
Question 31E and I'd like you to tell me if you think that they were or were not involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. E. Lyndon Johnson Were involved 21% 21% 21% 16% N/A 22% Were not involved 75% 73% 77% 81% N/A 74% No opinion 4% 6% 2% 3% N/A 4% Were involved 21% N/A N/A 20% 16% 22% 19% Were not involved 75% N/A N/A 76% 81% 73% 78% No opinion 4% N/A N/A 4% 3% 5% 4% Were involved 21% 25% 14% N/A 18% Were not involved 75% 71% 82% N/A 79% No opinion 4% 4% 4% N/A 3% Were involved 21% 18% 25% N/A N/A 22% 23% Were not involved 75% 76% 71% N/A N/A 74% 72% No opinion 4% 6% 3% N/A N/A 4% 4% Were involved 21% N/A N/A 23% N/A N/A 21% N/A Were not involved 75% N/A N/A 75% N/A N/A 73% N/A No opinion 4% N/A N/A 2% N/A N/A 6% N/A POLL 13-8- November 18-20, 2013