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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 8, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
August 8, 2025: Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say artificial intelligence (AI) poses a serious threat to America’s national security. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 23% disagree.
The survey also found 77% say it is likely that politicians will abuse artificial intelligence technologies to harm their political opponents, with 43% saying this is very likely. Thirteen percent (13%) say this is not likely, with only 3% saying not at all likely.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on July 28-29, 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. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Survey questions
Does artificial intelligence (AI) pose a serious threat to America’s national security?
- 41%-Yes
- 23%-No
- 36%-Not sure
How likely is it that politicians will abuse Artificial Intelligence technologies to harm their political opponents?
- 43%-Very likely
- 34%-Somewhat likely
- 10%-Not very likely
- 3%-Not at all likely
- 11%-Not sure
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