Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 20, 2023
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February 20, 2023: Eighty-two percent (82%) of voters believe the Chinese spy balloon situation is a serious threat, including half (50%) who say it is very serious. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 59% say President Biden should have ordered the military to shoot down the first Chinese spy balloon before it entered U.S. airspace. Just 20% disagree.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 8-9, 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
How serious a threat is it that China sent a spy balloon over United States territory?
- 50%-Very serious
- 32%-Somewhat serious
- 10%-Not very serious
- 3%-Not at all serious
- 4%-Not sure
Should President Biden have ordered the military to shoot down the spy balloon before it entered U.S. airspace?
- 59%-Yes
- 20%-No
- 21%-Not sure
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