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Secret Service Public Perception Report Summary

• October 6, 2014
• Pew Research Center

Key Findings

Partisan Differences: Secret Service Lapses

• 42% view recent incidents as isolated.
• 43% see them as signs of broader agency problems.
  • Republicans (54%) are more likely to view deeper issues.
  • Democrats (51%) see them as mostly isolated.
  • Independents are divided at 42% each for both views.

Close Followers' Views

• 21% tracked news closely.
  • 60% (113/189) believe incidents reflect broader agency problems.
  • 33% (59/178) view them as isolated.

Trust in the Secret Service

• Great deal of confidence: 19%
• Fair amount of confidence: 50%
• Not too much or no confidence: 29%
• Independents (347) support both trust tiers.

Racial and Age Comparisons

• Blacks (48%) and whites (47%) are divided on incident scope.
• Hispanics (20%) express least confidence in agency improvement.
• Older adults (65+) showed higher attention to midterms (25%) and airstrikes (4%), while younger adults (18–29) were more engaged with Ebola (30%) and agency problems (30%), especially among older demographics.

2014 Midterm Elections Interest

• Only 15% tracked midterms closely.

Other News Interest

• Ebola (36% close attention) drew the most attention, followed by airstrikes against ISIS (31%).
• Participant sample was 1007 adults, with Republicans having the widest margin of error.

Methodology

• n=1007 survey conducted October 2–5, 2014 via telephone.
• Margin of error: ±3.6% (95% confidence).