Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 13, 2023
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March 13, 2023: Forty-five percent (45%) of voters say that Congress should raise the debt ceiling, but only with spending cuts. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 27% say Congress should raise the debt ceiling without spending cuts, and 17% say they should refuse to raise the debt ceiling altogether.
The survey also found that voters are evenly divided about whether it would be worse for the U.S. economy for Congress to fail to raise the debt ceiling and allow the government to default on payments (42%) or to raise the debt ceiling without spending cuts (43%).
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 28-March 1, 2023. 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: 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
The debt ceiling places a limit on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its bills. If the debt ceiling is not raised in the near future, the government will be unable to pay all of its legal obligations after the middle of this year. How should Congress address this problem?
- 45%-Raise the debt ceiling, but only with spending cuts
- 27%-Raise the debt ceiling with no spending cuts
- 17%-Refuse to raise the debt ceiling
- 12%-Not sure
Which would be worse for the US economy: Failing to raise the debt ceiling and allowing the government to default on some of its payments? Or, raising the debt ceiling without cutting government spending?
- 42%-Failing to raise the debt ceiling and allowing the government to default on payments
- 43%-Raising the debt ceiling without cutting spending
- 15%-Not sure
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