Poll Watch: CNN/ORC Survey on Benghazi

CNN/ORC Poll on Benghazi
  
As you may know, in September, terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Libya and killed the U.S. ambassador to that country and three other U.S. citizens. Based on what you have read or heard, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Obama administration has handled this matter in the past few months?

Among Registered Voters

• Satisfied 42%
• Dissatisfied 51% 

Among Independents

• Satisfied 33%
• Dissatisfied 58%

Among Moderates

• Satisfied 43%
• Dissatisfied 54%

As you may know, immediately after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, some Obama administration officials made inaccurate public statements about that incident. Which of the following statements comes closer to your view:

Among Registered Voters 

• Those statements were an attempt by the Obama administration to intentionally mislead the American public about that attack 42%
• Those statements reflected what the Obama administration believed at the time had occurred based on the unclassified information available 55%

Among Independents

• Those statements were an attempt by the Obama administration to intentionally mislead the American public about that attack 48%
• Those statements reflected what the Obama administration believed at the time had occurred based on the unclassified information available 48%

Among Moderates

• Those statements were an attempt by the Obama administration to intentionally mislead the American public about that attack 31%
• Those statements reflected what the Obama administration believed at the time had occurred based on the unclassified information available 63%

Survey of 620 adults, including a subsample of registered voters, was conducted December 17-18, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points. Party ID: 34% Democrat; 25% Republican; 41% Independent.