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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 11, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
July 11, 2023: Forty-one percent (41%) of voters know that nearly 20% of America’s electricity today is generated by nuclear power plants. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that, when told this is the case, 52% favor a plan to double nuclear energy generation over the next 10 years.
The survey also found that 55% favor significant investment in public-private partnerships to accelerate the growth of nuclear energy capacity and double the amount of clean, reliable energy. Just 25% oppose this investment, and 20% are not sure.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on June 26-27, 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
Is the following statement true or false: Nearly 20% of America’s electricity today is generated by nuclear power plants.
- 41%-True
- 16% -False
- 43%-Not sure
In fact, nearly 20% of America’s electricity today is generated by nuclear power plants. Would you favor or oppose a plan to double nuclear energy generation over the next 10 years?
- 21% -Strongly favor
- 31%-Somewhat favor
- 18%- Somewhat oppose
- 11%-Strongly oppose
- 19% -Not sure
To double the amount of clean, reliable energy, a proposal has been made for the United States to significantly invest in public-private partnerships that would accelerate the growth of nuclear energy capacity. Would you favor or oppose that proposal?
- 18%-Strongly favor
- 37%-Somewhat favor
- 16%-Somewhat oppose
- 9%-Strongly oppose
- 20%-Not sure
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