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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 15, 2022
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
June 15, 2022: Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters support President Biden’s proposal to forgive up to $10,000 in student loan debt for people earning up to $150,000 a year. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 40% oppose the plan, and 9% are not sure.
However, the survey also found that 60% of voters either oppose loan forgiveness or believe it should be limited to people earning less than $50,000 a year. Just 19% believe people earning more than $150,000 a year should be eligible for loan forgiveness.
Half of voters believe that student loan forgiveness is unfair to those who have already paid off their student loans (51%) or to those who never went to college (50%).
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on May 31-June 1, 2022. 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 +/- 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
President Biden has proposed forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt for people earning up to $150,000 a year (and $20,000 for married couples earning up to $300,000 a year). Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 28%-Strongly favor
- 23%-Somewhat favor
- 13%-Somewhat oppose
- 27%-Strongly oppose
- 9%-Not sure
If it were up to you, who would be eligible for student loan forgiveness?
- 25%-I oppose any student loan forgiveness
- 18%-Available only to people making $35,000 a year or less
- 17%-Available only to people making $50,000 a year or less
- 11%-Available only to people making $75,000 a year or less
- 9%-Available only to people making $150,000 a year or less
- 19%-There should be no limits, everybody should be eligible for student loan forgiveness
Is student loan forgiveness fair to people who have already paid off their student loans?
- 29%-Yes
- 51%-No
- 20%-Not sure
Is student loan forgiveness fair to people who never went to college?
- 35%-Yes
- 50%-No
- 15%-Not sure
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