Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 20, 2022
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October 20, 2022: Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters favor President Biden’s proposal to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars of student loan debt. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 43% are opposed.
The survey also found that voters favor major reforms to the student loan system including:
- Fifty-two percent (52%) who support eliminating all federal student loans, and instead moving to a system in which loans are provided by schools themselves or other private sources,
- Fifty-five percent (55%) who favor providing federal student loans only up to the cost of attending an in-state public university, with loans for more expensive colleges made by the schools themselves or other private sources, and
- Fifty-six percent (56%) who support grants for students from low-income families to cover the cost of an in-state public university, but the elimination of all federal student loans.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 6-8, 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 Questions
Do you favor or oppose President Biden’s proposal to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars of student loan debt?
- 26%-Strongly favor
- 21%-Somewhat favor
- 13%-Somewhat oppose
- 30%-Strongly oppose
- 11%-Not sure
A proposal has been made to eliminate all student loans backed by the federal government. Going forward, student loans would be made by the schools themselves or other private sources. Do you favor or oppose eliminating all student loans backed by the federal government?
- 28%-Strongly favor
- 24%-Somewhat favor
- 14%-Somewhat oppose
- 19%-Strongly oppose
- 15%-Not sure
Another proposal has been made that would provide student loans backed by the federal government only up to the cost of attending an in-state public university. Loans for more expensive colleges would be made by the schools themselves or other private sources. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 20%-Strongly favor
- 35%-Somewhat favor
- 15%-Somewhat oppose
- 11%-Strongly oppose
- 19%-Not sure
Another option would be to eliminate all student loans backed by the federal government. Students from low-income families would receive a grant to cover the cost of attending an in-state public university. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 22%-Strongly favor
- 34%-Somewhat favor
- 16%-Somewhat oppose
- 12%-Strongly oppose
- 16%-Not sure
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