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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 25, 2022
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
August 25, 2022: Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters have favorable opinions of local police departments. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 53% have favorable opinions of the FBI.
The survey also found that, if a crime is being investigated by both the FBI and local police, 42% of voters trust the FBI most. 37% have the most trust in local police, and 22% are not sure.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on August 11-14, 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
On a different topic, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following government organizations:
The FBI
- 22%-Very favorable
- 31%-Somewhat favorable
- 19%-Not very favorable
- 19%-Not at all favorable
- 9%-Not sure
Local police departments
- 32%-Very favorable
- 39%-Somewhat favorable
- 14%-Not very favorable
- 9%-Not at all favorable
- 6%-Not sure
Suppose a crime is being investigated by both the FBI and a local police department. Which agency do you trust the most?
- 42%-The FBI
- 37%-Local police department
- 22%-Not sure
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