Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 1, 2019
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
May 1, 2019: Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters consider national political coverage to be accurate and reliable. A ScottRasmussen.com national survey found that 43% take the opposite view and consider it inaccurate and unreliable.[1]
Those figures suggest that American voters consider national political news to be about as accurate and reliable as Wikipedia. That online crowd-sourced platform is considered accurate and reliable by 34% while 37% take the opposite view.
Local television news coverage gets much higher marks. Most voters (55%) consider it to be accurate and reliable. Only 28% disagree.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- April 30, 2019 – 18 percent of voters want to eliminate private health insurance companies
- April 29, 2019 – 53 percent of U.S. voters believe political corruption is a crisis
- April 26, 2019 – 10 percent of American adults don’t use the internet
- April 25, 2019 – 53 percent of voters fear that automation and robotics will lead to mass unemployment
- April 24, 2019 – 5,994 retail store closures in U.S. this year
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