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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 18, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
July 18, 2025: Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters say smaller congressional districts would make Congress more responsive to the American people. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 23% disagree.
The survey also found 69% would favor reducing the size of congressional districts to about 100,000 people knowing that members of Congress would spend more time in their districts and less in Washington. Twenty-one percent (21%) are opposed.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on July 9-10, 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
Would smaller congressional districts make Congress more responsive to the American people?
- 51%-Yes
- 23%-No
- 27%-Not sure
With smaller districts, members of Congress would spend more time in their districts and less in Washington. Knowing this, would you favor or oppose reducing the size of congressional districts to about 100,000 people?
- 29%-Strongly favor
- 40%-Somewhat favor
- 11%-Somewhat oppose
- 10%-Strongly oppose
- 10%-Not sure
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