Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 21, 2026
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
January 21, 2026: Sixteen percent (16%) of voters say Congress has far too much power. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 24% say Congress has somewhat too much power, 20% say somewhat too little, 9% say far too little, and 24% about the right amount.
The survey also found 42% say the president has far too much power. Twenty-one percent (21%) say somewhat too much, 9% say somewhat too little, 6% say far too little, and 23% say about the right amount.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on January 13-14, 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. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Survey questions
Does Congress have too much power, too little power, or about the right amount?
- 16%-Far too much
- 24%-Somewhat too much
- 20%-Somewhat too little
- 9%-Far too little
- 24%-About the right amount
- 6%-Not sure
What about the president? Does the President of the United States have too much power, too little power, or about the right amount?
- 42%-Far too much
- 21%-Somewhat too much
- 9%-Somewhat too little
- 6%-Far too little
- 23%-About the right amount
- 1%-Not sure
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