Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 06, 2023
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February 06, 2023: Seventy-three percent (73%) of voters think that it is reasonable to cut future spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that this includes large majorities of both Republicans (80%) and Democrats (71%).
The survey also found that, by a margin of 62% to 36%, voters favor a requirement that any plan to raise the debt ceiling should include modest cuts in spending for all federal agencies.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on January 24-26, 2023. Field work 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.
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
Raising the debt ceiling increases the amount that the federal government can spend to meet its obligations. In exchange for raising the debt ceiling, is it reasonable to cut future spending at the same time?
- 36%-Very reasonable
- 37%-Somewhat reasonable
- 9%-Not very reasonable
- 7%-Not at all reasonable
- 10%-Not sure
Other Republicans say that any plan to raise the debt ceiling should include a requirement for making modest cuts in government spending for all federal agencies. Do you favor or oppose this plan?
- 36%-Somewhat favor
- 14%-Somewhat oppose
- 12%-Strongly oppose
- 12%-Not sure
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