Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 9, 2024
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April 9, 2024: In 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 16,083 candidates that ran for state offices across all fifty states. This included 4,321 candidates in southern states, 4,021 candidates in midwestern states, 4,315 in northeastern states, 3,002 in western states, and 424 in Alaska and Hawaii.
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Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- April 8, 2024-$2.7 billion will be wagered on the NCAA basketball tournaments this year
- April 5, 2024-41 governors have delivered State of the State addresses this year
- April 4, 2024-45% of voters say their local high schools do a good or excellent job teaching basic skills
- April 3, 2024-62% of voters believe that parents have too little control over their children’s education
- April 2, 2024-23% of voters say the U.S. should be bound by a United Nations imposed global tax on emissions
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