Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for November 29, 2021
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November 29, 2021: Forty-three percent (43%) of voters who have heard of the Rittenhouse trial, believe Kyle Rittenhouse did stupid things but is not a murderer. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 25% believe he is a murderer and 13% believe he is a hero.[1]
Most Republicans (56%) believe that Rittenhouse did stupid things but is not a murderer. A plurality of Democrats (44%) believe he is a murderer. Among Independent voters, 42% say he did stupid things, 22% say he’s a murderer, and 10% view him as a hero.
Among those who rely upon Fox News, 50% say Rittenhouse did stupid things while 13% see him as a murderer. Those who rely upon CNN are more evenly divided: 37% say he did stupid things and 34% say Rittenhouse is a murderer. Sixty-five percent (65%) of all voters say they followed news about the trial closely. That includes 27% who followed it very closely. At the other extreme, 6% had never heard of the trial and 9% weren’t following it at all.
Among those who had heard of the case, 74% knew that Rittenhouse had been found not guilty of all charges.[1]
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