Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 16, 2023
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October 16, 2023: Sixty-eight percent (68%) of voters believe that it is important for the United States to help Israel defend itself against current threats. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that, by a 53% to 6% margin, voters believe the U.S. should side with Israel as opposed to the Palestinian groups involved in the current war.
The survey also found that 25% of voters believe the U.S. should not side with either Israel or the Palestinian groups in the conflict.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 9-12, 2023. Field work 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.
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 Questions
In fact, it was the Palestinian group Hamas who attacked Israel. How important is it for the United States to help Israel defend itself?
- 38%-Very important
- 30%-Somewhat important
- 11%-Not very important
- 5%-Not at all important
- 16%-Not sure
In the current war, which side should the United States support?
- 53%-Israel
- 6%-The Palestinian groups
- 25%-Neither
- 16%-Not sure
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