Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 27, 2022
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October 27, 2022: Eighty-two percent (82%) of voters say that ride sharing services are either good for the economy (48%) or have no impact (34%). A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 7% think they are bad for the economy.
The survey also found that 60% of voters think it is more accurate to describe drivers for these services as independent contractors, rather than employees. Twenty-three percent (23%) think describing them as employees is more accurate. Thirty-eight percent (38%) favor a recent proposal by President Biden to change regulations so that driver would be treated as employees. Forty-one percent (41%) oppose the proposed changes.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 13-15, 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
Generally speaking, are services like Uber and Lyft good for the economy or bad for the economy?
- 48%-Good for the economy
- 7%-Bad for the economy
- 34%- Neither
- 11%-Not sure
Is it more accurate to describe drivers for Uber and Lyft as independent contractors or as employees?
- 60%-Independent contractors
- 23%-Employees
- 4%-Neither
- 12%-Not sure
Under current law, drivers for Uber and Lyft are treated as independent contractors. President Biden wants to change the regulations so that the drivers are treated as employees. Do you favor or oppose President Biden’s proposal?
- 18%-Strongly favor
- 20%-Somewhat favor
- 18%-Somewhat oppose
- 23%-Strongly oppose
- 21%-Not sure
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