Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for November 28, 2022
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November 28, 2022: Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters discussed politics around the dinner table or at some other family gathering in the days immediately following the midterm elections. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 45% discussed politics with someone outside of their family.
The survey also found that, of those who discussed politics, 21% discussed the midterm election results. Sixteen percent (16%) discussed President Biden or the Democrats in general, while 11% discussed President Trump or the Republicans. Other common topics were the economy (13) and the war in Ukraine (9%).
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on November 15-16, 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.
Survey Question
Thinking back over the past two or three days, have you talked about politics at the dinner table or some other family gathering?
- 58%-Yes
- 36%-No
- 6%-Not sure
[if yes] In just a few words, please let me know the main topic of the most recent conversation.
- 21%-Midterms
- 16%-Biden/Democrats
- 13%-Economy/Inflation
- 11%-Trump/GOP
- 11%-Other political issues
- 9%-War/International issues
- 5% -Local and state elections
- 3%-Abortion
- 3%-Election integrity
- 2%-2024 election
- 2%-State of the country
- 2%-Nothing political
- 1%-Immigration
Over the past two or three days, have you talked about politics with anybody outside of your family?
- 45%-Yes
- 50%-No
- 5%-Not sure
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