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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 5, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
July 5, 2024: Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters favor continuing to require all 18 year old men to register for the draft. A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 36% are opposed.
The survey also found that 41% favor requiring all 18 year old women to register for the draft, while 50% are opposed. A larger majority (55%) oppose mandatory military service for all 18 year olds, while 35% favor such a requirement.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on June 24-25, 2024. 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: Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc. He hosts "The Scott Rasmussen Show" on Merit Street Media Sunday mornings at 10 Eastern.
Survey Questions
All men are currently required to register for the draft when they turn 18. Do you favor or oppose requiring men to register for the draft?
- 24%-Strongly favor
- 29%-Somewhat favor
- 20%-Somewhat oppose
- 16%-Strongly oppose
- 10%-Not sure
A proposal has been made to require all 18 year old women to register for the draft. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 15%-Strongly favor
- 26%-Somewhat favor
- 22%-Somewhat oppose
- 28%-Strongly oppose
- 9%-Not sure
Another proposal would require a year of mandatory military service for all 18 year olds? Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 14%-Strongly favor
- 21%-Somewhat favor
- 20%-Somewhat oppose
- 35%-Strongly oppose
- 10%-Not sure
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