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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 10, 2022
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
August 10, 2022: 31% of Americans trust the federal government to do the right thing all (8%) or most (31%) of the time. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 39% think the federal government will do the right thing only some of the time, and 28% think they will rarely or never.
The survey also found that, when it comes to establishing major regulations, 52% of Americans trust voters and their elected representatives more than government agencies and policy experts. Just 24% trust agencies and experts more.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on July 26-28, 2022. 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 +/- 2.8 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Generally speaking, how often do you trust the federal government to do the right thing?
- 8%-Just about all the time
- 23%-Most of the time
- 39%-Only some of the time
- 28%-Rarely or never
- 3%-Not sure
Okay… who do you trust more when it comes to establishing major regulations: government agencies and policy experts or voters and their elected representatives?
- 24%-Government agencies and policy experts
- 52%-Voters and their elected representatives
- 24%-Not sure
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