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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 19, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
May 19, 2025: Seventy percent (70%) of voters say it is very important to ensure the security of America’s electricity grid. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found just 1% say this is not at all important.
The survey also found 79% say it is likely that a foreign government or terrorist could do significant damage to the electricity grid and leave many Americans without power. Fifteen percent (15%) do not think this is likely.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on April 30-May 1, 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.
Survey questions
How important is it to ensure the security of America’s electricity grid?
- 70%-Very important
- 23%-Somewhat important
- 3%-Not very important
- 1%-Not at all important
- 4%-Not sure
How likely is it that a foreign government or terrorist could do significant damage to the electricity grid and leave many Americans without power?
- 34%-Very likely
- 45%-Somewhat likely
- 13%-Not very likely
- 2%-Not at all likely
- 5%-Not sure
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