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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 20, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
March 20, 2024: Seventy-seven percent (77%) of voters say the federal government does not pay enough attention to what voters want when establishing policies and regulations. A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 9% of voters believe the government pays too much attention to what voters want, and 8% believe the government pays about the right amount of attention to voters.
The survey also found that 62% of voters believe it would be worse for America if only people with college degrees could vote, while 15% of voters believe it would be better.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on March 6-7, 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: 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
When establishing policies and regulations, does the federal government pay too much attention to what voters want or not enough attention to what voters want?
- 9%-Too much attention to what voters want
- 77%-Not enough attention to what voters want
- 8%-About the right balance
- 6%-Not sure
Would it be better or worse for America if only people with a college degree were allowed to vote?
- 5%-Much better
- 10%-Somewhat better
- 13%-Somewhat worse
- 49%-Much worse
- 16%-Not much different
- 8%-Not sure
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