[caption id=”attachment_144672″ align=”aligncenter” width=”1024″] Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton meets voters during a campaign stop at River Valley Community College Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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A recent poll shows that a majority of voters want to see Hillary Clinton under criminal investigation for her private email server.
A Monmouth University poll conducted before Clinton gave her personal email server to the Justice Department found that 52 percent of voters felt that “her emails should be subject to a criminal investigation for the potential release of classified material.”
The Hill reported that even a majority of political independents, 54 percent, supported an investigation, with support much higher among Republicans, 82 percent, and much lower among Democrats, 23 percent, unsurprisingly.
“Initial media reports of a criminal probe proved to be inaccurate, but most voters feel that the potential release of classified information merits investigation,” Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a press release.
It’s unsurprising to see Republicans focused on Clinton’s email server and Democrats dismissive of the issue, but the number of independents who support a criminal probe make the Clinton response appear less effective than the campaign would hope.
For herself, Clinton’s campaign site has a dedicated page about the private server, answering 31 questions on the purpose, legality, security, and general use of the server.
The Clinton campaign has denied sending or receiving any classified information that was classified at the time, but the recent discovery of satellite photos on the server has called that claim into question.
