Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 28, 2025
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March 28, 2025: Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters say people should not be able to use food stamps to purchase things like sugary drinks or candy. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 43% say people should be able to use food stamps for such purchases.
The survey also found 33% say the lifestyle choices people make have a bigger impact on a person’s health than the medical care they receive. Just 10% disagree, and say medical care has the bigger impact. Another 56% say both have equal impact.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on March 12-13, 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.
Survey questions
Sugary drinks and candy contribute to poor nutrition and diet-related diseases. Should people be able to use food stamps to purchase things like sugary drinks or candy?
- 43%-Yes
- 47%-No
- 10%-Not sure
What has a bigger impact on a person’s health— the lifestyle choices they make or the medical care they receive?
- 33%-The lifestyle choices they make
- 10%-The medical care they receive
- 56%-Both have equal impact
- 1%-Not sure
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