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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 30, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
June 30, 2025: Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters say the federal government is the greatest threat to the founding ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 15% say the greatest threat is large corporations, and 13% say state and local governments.
The survey also found that voters are optimistic about how the United States is living up to the ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance. Thirty percent (30%) say the U.S. is living up to freedom as excellent, 33% as good, and 16% as poor. For equality, 20% say excellent, 30% say good, and 30% say poor. As for self-governance, 17% say excellent, 25% say good, and 26% say poor.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on June 25-26, 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
Which of the following is the greatest threat to the founding ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance?
- 39%-The federal government
- 15%-Social media
- 13%-Large corporations
- 9%-State and local governments
- 4%-Big banks
- 3%-Police
- 3%-Public education
- 2%-Small businesses
- 12%-None of the above
How do you rate the way the United States is living up to each of the following ideals:
Freedom
- 30%-Excellent
- 33%-Good
- 20%-Fair
- 16%-Poor
- 0%-Not sure
Equality
- 20%-Excellent
- 30%-Good
- 20%-Fair
- 30%-Poor
- 0%-Not sure
Self-Goverance
- 17%-Excellent
- 25%-Good
- 28%-Fair
- 26%-Poor
- 4%-Not sure
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