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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 5, 2024
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
March 5, 2024: Two-thirds (67%) of voters say that they use coins and paper money nearly every day (17%), most days (21%), or about once a week (29%). A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that only 13% of voters say they rarely or never use coins and paper money.
The survey also found that 68% of voters either strongly oppose (47%) or somewhat oppose (21%) a proposal to eliminate coins and paper money so that all transactions would be conducted using a central digital currency.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 26-27, 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
How often do you use coins and paper money?
- 17%-Every day or nearly every day
- 21%-Most days
- 29%-About once a week
- 17%-Less than once a week
- 13%-Rarely or never
- 2%-Not sure
A proposal has been made to eliminate coins and paper money so that all financial transactions would be conducted using a central digital currency. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 7%-Strongly favor
- 19%-Somewhat favor
- 21%-Somewhat oppose
- 47%-Strongly oppose
- 6%-Not sure
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