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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 4, 2025
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February 4, 2025: Fifty-eight (58) minor party candidates received more votes than the margin of victory in the 2024 federal, state, and local elections. This is more than the 56 that were recorded in 2022, but fewer than in 2020, when 77 were recorded. Of these 58, 12 were in congressional races, 17 in statewide office elections, 28 in state-level district elections, and one in a local election.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- February 3, 2025-47% of voters say the WHO is not the most effective way to address health-care issues
- January 31, 2025-87% of voters say it is in a company’s best interest to hire the best person for the job
- January 30, 2025-33% of voters say the United States is currently in a recession
- January 29, 2025-86% of voters have closely followed news stories of the wildfires in California
- January 28, 2025-39 years ago, the Challenger disaster claims the lives of seven astronauts
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