Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 23, 2018
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May 23, 2018: Forty-nine percent (49%) of American adults believe home broadband service is essential. Pew Research found that another 41% believe it is important but not essential.[1]
Among those who do not currently have broadband service, 36% consider it essential.
Seventy percent of Americans believe local governments should be allowed to build their own high-speed networks to expand broadband coverage. However, only 44% believe that government should subsidize the cost of broadband access for low-income Americans.
Despite the growing importance of broadband services, nearly half (47%) of all broadband users do not know the download speed of their own service.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- May 22, 2018 – 18 percent of Americans discuss politics and government daily
- May 21, 2018 – 53 percent of American adults expect driverless cars to be common within a decade
- May 18, 2018 – 72 percent of Americans favored anti-lynching law in 1937
- May 17, 2018 – 46 U.S. police officers killed by felons in 2017
- May 16, 2018 – 50 percent of 2018 U.S. advertising sales will be on digital platforms
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