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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 4, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
March 4, 2025: Sixty-five percent (65%) of voters say reducing the growth of the federal government is good for the economy. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 25% say it is bad.
The survey also found that 49% say it is possible to reduce defense spending by 8% without risking the national security of the United States. Twenty-eight percent (28%) do not think this is possible.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 25-26, 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
Okay…is reducing the growth of federal government spending good for the economy or bad for the economy?
- 29%-Very good for the economy
- 36%-Somewhat good for the economy
- 15%-Somewhat bad for the economy
- 10%-Very bad for the economy
- 7%-Neither good nor bad for the economy
- 4%-Not sure
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked for strategic recommendations to cut defense spending by 8%. Is it possible to reduce defense spending by 8% without risking the national security of the United States?
- 49%-Yes
- 28%-No
- 22%-Not sure
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