Weeks after allegations of sexual harassment and assault rocked the entertainment industry, the issue is now being confronted in the political arena. Digging into the CBS News polling archives, we find that while the public may be bothered by allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct against a politician, it’s sometimes overlooked when they go to the voting booth.
When voters went to the polls last November, seven in 10 said they were bothered – a lot or some – by Donald Trump’s treatment of women. Now, while most of those voters didn’t vote for him, 28 percent did, including a quarter of women and a third of men who found his treatment of women bothersome. CONT.
Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News