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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 31, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
January 31, 2024: Seventy percent (70%) of the Elite 1% of American voters trust the federal government to do the right thing all or most of the time. In contrast, Scott Rasmussen's team believes it has been more than 50 years since most Americans have trusted the federal government to do the right thing most of the time.
This Elite 1% is defined as those who have post-graduate degrees, live in densely populated urban areas (more than 10,000 people per square mile), and have household incomes over $150,000.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 18-19, 2023, and of Elites on September 11-26, 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
Generally speaking, how often do you trust the federal government to do the right thing?
| Elites | Voters | |
|---|---|---|
| Just about all the time | 33% | 6% |
| Most of the time | 37% | 27% |
| Only some of the time | 23% | 40% |
| Rarely or never | 7% | 26% |
| Not sure | 1% | 1% |
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