Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 7, 2024
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March 7, 2024: Eighty two percent (82%) of voters believe the federal government should be required to get a search warrant before being allowed to review individuals’ bank transactions. A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 75% of voters believe that a government official who pressures a bank to provide private information on an individual without a search warrant should be fired.
The survey also found that 68% of voters believe it is very likely (29%) or somewhat likely (39%) that agencies of the federal government routinely pressure banks to provide private information on bank customers
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
Should the federal government be allowed to review the bank transactions of individual Americans without getting a search warrant? Or should a search warrant be required?
- 13%-The government should be allowed to review individuals’ bank transactions without a warrant
- 82%-A warrant should be required
- 5%-Not sure
Suppose a government official, without a search warrant, pressures a bank to provide private information on an individual. Should the government official be fired?
- 75%-Yes
- 12%-No
- 13%-Not sure
How likely is it that agencies of the federal government routinely pressure banks to provide private information on the bank customers?
- 29%-Very likely
- 39%-Somewhat likely
- 14%-Not very likely
- 5%-Not at all likely
- 13%-Not sure
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