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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 21, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
February 21, 2024: Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters either strongly favor (41%) or somewhat favor (25%) a proposal to arrest and deport anyone who entered the United States illegally during the past three years. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 25% of voters either strongly oppose (14%) or somewhat oppose (11%) this proposal.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 5-6, 2024. 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
A proposal has been made to arrest and deport anybody who entered the United States illegally during the past three years. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 41%-Strongly favor
- 25%-Somewhat favor
- 14%-Somewhat oppose
- 11%-Strongly oppose
- 8%-Not sure
Do you believe that leaders of countries like China, Russia, and Iran are deliberately having people cross the U.S. border illegally in order to harm the United States?
- 47%-Yes
- 31%-No
- 23%-Not sure
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