Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 9, 2022
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January 9, 2022: Eighty-seven percent (87%) of voters say it is important for children to have friends of different races, ethnic backgrounds, and religious beliefs, including 53% who say it is very important. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that large majorities of both Republicans (83%) and Democrats (94%) share this view.
The survey found that 80% say it is good for children to have friends of another race, 72% friends of another faith, and 62% friends whose parents belong to a different political party. When asked about specific religions, majorities say it is good for children to have evangelical Christian (63%), Jewish (63%), or Muslim (58%) friends. Half (50%) say it is good for children to have atheist friends.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on January 3-5, 2022. 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 +/- 2.8 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 important is it for children to have friends of different races, ethnic backgrounds, and religious beliefs?
53% Very important 34% Somewhat important 7% Not very important 3% Not at all important 3% Not sure
Please let me know whether you would consider it good or bad for your children to be friends with the following:
Children of another race or ethnicity
- 80%-Good
- 3%-Bad
- 16%-Neither good nor bad
- 1%-Not sure
Children of a different religious or faith background
- 72%-Good
- 3%-Bad
- 23%-Neither good nor bad
- 2%-Not sure
Children whose parents belong to another political party
- 62%-Good
- 3%-Bad
- 31%-Neither good nor bad
- 4%-Not sure
Evangelical or Bible Believing Christian children
- 63%-Good
- 4%-Bad
- 30%-Neither good nor bad
- 3%-Not sure
Please let me know whether you would consider it good or bad for your children to be friends with the following:
Muslim children
- 58%-Good
- 5%-Bad
- 33%-Neither good nor bad
- 4%-Not sure
Jewish children
- 63%-Good
- 3%-Bad
- 32%-Neither good nor bad
- 3%-Not sure
Atheist children
- 50%-Good
- 11%-Bad
- 33%-Neither good nor bad
- 6%-Not sure
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