Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 2, 2022
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May 2, 2022: Twenty-five percent (25%) of voters rate the economy as excellent or good. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 72% rate it as fair or poor, and 3% are not sure.
Twenty-two percent (22%) of voters think the economy is getting better. Fifty-seven percent (57%) think it is getting worse, 17% say it is staying about the same, and 4% are not sure.
The survey also found that 44% of voters think the U.S. is currently in a recession. Twenty-six percent (26%) believe that it is not, and 30% are not sure.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on April 21-23, 2022. 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 +/- 2.8 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.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
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- April 25, 2022-59% of voters believe that raising taxes hurts the economy
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