OPINION: The People's Verdict Is In

Even after President Nixon's recent TV address and press conference, most Americans still believe that he is not telling the complete truth about Watergate. Almost half (45%) actually believe that Nixon knew in advance about the bugging of Democratic National Headquarters last summer—an astonishing attitude, considering the lack of evidence on this point. Though they think that he was personally involved in what most of them regard as "a dangerous attempt to undermine the Constitution and our democratic process," Americans by and large do not want him to leave the presidency....

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