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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 4, 2019
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
April 4, 2019: Heading into the Sweet 16 round, 66% of March Madness fans expected the championship to be won by Duke, the University of North Carolina, Gonzaga, or Kentucky. But none of those teams made it to the Final Four.[1]
Now, a ScottRasmussen.com poll of basketball fans finds that 43% believe the Michigan State Spartans will win the title. Another 23% expect the Virginia Cavaliers to emerge victorious. Eighteen percent (18%) pick the Auburn Tigers while 16% believe the Texas Tech Red Raiders will end up as champions.
Fifty-six percent (56%) expect Virginia to win the semi-final match-up against Auburn.
Seventy-five percent (75%) think Michigan State will defeat Texas Tech.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) are now rooting for Michigan State. Twenty-two percent (22%) are cheering for both Texas Tech and Auburn while 20% want Virginia to win it all.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- April 3, 2019 – 1,822,712,000,000 dollars spent by federal government in first five months of fiscal year 2019
- April 2, 2019 – 78 percent of voters want Congress to protect people with pre-existing conditions
- April 1, 2019 – 70 percent of Americans rate their own health insurance coverage as good or excellent
- March 29, 2019 – 76 percent of voters say a healthy political system requires leaders who respect voters
- March 28, 2019 – 60 percent of voters believe the federal government primarily looks out for its own interests
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