Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 5, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
June 5, 2024: Fifty-five percent (86%) of voters believe that TikTok poses a serious threat to U.S. national security. A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 32% believe it does not.
The survey also found that 60% favor a law recently passed by Congress requiring TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell the app or be banned in the United States. Just 27% are opposed. By a 49% to 29% margin, voters say that no foreign company should be allowed to own a social media company that operates inside the United States.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on May 28-29, 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
How serious a threat does TikTok pose to U.S. national security?
- 23%-Very serious
- 32%-Somewhat serious
- 20%-Not very serious
- 12%-Not at all serious
- 13%-Not sure
Recently, Congress passed a law requiring TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell the app or be banned in the United States. Do you favor or oppose this law?
- 32%-Strongly favor
- 28%-Somewhat favor
- 15%-Somewhat oppose
- 12%-Strongly oppose
- 14%-Not sure
Should foreign companies be allowed to own social media companies that operate in the United States?
- 29%-Yes
- 49%-No
- 22%-Not sure
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- June 4, 2024-61% of voters believe information released by the government during the pandemic was intentionally misleading
- June 3, 2024-35 years ago, the Chinese government crushed pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square
- May 31, 2024-71% of RMG-described politically obsessed elites think most voters trust the federal government most of the time
- May 30, 2024-82% of politically obsessed elites think that most Americans agree with them on important political issues
- May 29, 2024-69% of politically obsessed elites think it would be better if only people with a college degree can vote
To see other recent numbers, check out the archive.
Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day is published by Ballotpedia weekdays at 8:00 a.m. Eastern. Click here to check out the latest update.
The Number of the Day is broadcast on local stations across the country. An archive of these broadcasts can be found here.
Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
Ballotpedia is the nonprofit, nonpartisan Encyclopedia of American Politics.
See also
Footnotes
