Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 6, 2024
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June 6, 2024: Fifty-two members of Congress— eight senators and 44 members of Congress— have announced they will not seek re-election this year. That is more than at this point in 2020 but less than in 2022 and 2018. An average of 39 members retired from Congress each election year between 1930 and 2022.
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.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- June 5, 2024-55% of voters believe that TikTok poses a serious threat to U.S. national security
- 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
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