Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 9, 2022
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December 9, 2022: Forty-one percent (41%) of voters favor requiring government agencies to hire workers that match the racial and ethnic makeup of their communities. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 44% oppose such a requirement.
The survey also found that just 18% believe that, if a company operates in a community where 10% of the population is Black but only 5% of the company’s employees are Black, that is proof of discrimination. Sixty-eight percent (68%) believe some other explanation for the gap is possible.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on November 17-20, 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
A proposal has been made that would require government agencies to hire workers that match the racial and ethnic population of their communities. Would you favor or oppose that proposal?
- 14%-Strongly favor
- 27%-Somewhat favor
- 21%-Somewhat oppose
- 23%-Strongly oppose
- 15%-Not sure
Suppose a company operates in a community where 10% of the population is Black, but only 5% of the Company’s employees are Black. Is this proof that the company is discriminating against Black people, or is it possible that there is some other explanation for the gap?
- 18%-Proof of discrimination
- 68%-Another explanation
- 14%-Not sure
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