Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 12, 2022
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December 12, 2022: Asked about a hypothetical choice between two 2024 presidential candidates, by a 2-1 margin, voters prefer the candidate who says that parents need more control over what their children are taught (56%) rather than one who says that teachers and other education professionals should decide (27%). A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that Republicans favor the candidate who says parents need more control by a margin of 74% to 16%, while Democrats prefer to let teachers decide by a margin of 47% to 38%.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on November 29-30, 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 Question
What if one candidate said that teachers and other education professionals should decide what students are taught. The other said that parents need more control over what their children are taught. For whom would you vote?
- 27%-The candidate who said that teachers should decide what students are taught
- 56%-The candidate who said that parents need more control
- 17%-Not sure
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