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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 15, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
April 15, 2025: Thirty-six percent (36%) of voters say they are paying more than their fair share in taxes. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 51% say they are paying their fair share, and just 5% say they are paying less than their fair share.
The survey also found, when asked about someone who earns twice as much as them, 21% say that individual would pay twice as much in taxes. Seventeen percent (17%) say that individual would pay more than twice as much, and 38% say that individual would pay less than twice as much.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on April 7-8, 2025. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc.
Are you currently paying your fair share of taxes, more than your fair share, or less than your fair share?
- 36%-More than my fair share
- 51%-My fair share
- 5%-Less than my fair share
- 8%-Not sure
Think for a moment about someone who earns twice as much as you do. Do they pay twice as much in taxes, more than twice as much in taxes, or less than twice as much in taxes?
- 21%-Twice as much
- 17%-More than twice as much
- 38%-Less than twice as much
- 24%-Not sure
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