Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 20, 2025
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February 20, 2025: Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters have favorable opinions of a free market economy. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found that just 16% have unfavorable opinions.
The survey also found that 58% believe less government control and regulation would be better for the economy. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say more government control and regulation would be better.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 5-6, 2025. 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 +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc.
Survey questions
Generally speaking, do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of a free market economy?
- 28%-Very favorable
- 37%-Somewhat favorable
- 10% -Somewhat unfavorable
- 6%-Very unfavorable
- 19%-Not sure
Which of the following would be better for the economy: less government control and regulation of the economy or more government control and regulation of the economy?
- 58%-Less government control and regulation of the economy
- 29%-More government control and regulation of the economy
- 13%-Not sure
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