The Russia Investigation Isn’t Less Popular — It’s Just More Polarizing

… A look at Mueller’s favorability ratings over the past year shows that more and more people have an opinion about the special counsel. And as he’s transitioned from being a relatively obscure bureaucrat to a fixture in the news, the number of people who dislike Mueller has certainly grown (particularly among Republicans), but most polls show that his support is expanding as well. This suggests that the Russia investigation isn’t losing traction among Americans overall — it’s just becoming more polarizing. And that was likely inevitable. CONT.

Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux & Julia Wolfe, FiveThirtyEight