Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 9, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
October 9, 2023: Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters believe that securing America’s southern border is more important than helping, compared to 28% of voters who believe the opposite. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that by a 42% to 38% margin, voters think Congress should not continue to provide weapons and funding to Ukraine.
The survey also found that a majority of voters (52%) would favor a proposal to give equal funding for helping Ukraine and securing America’s southern border.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 28-29, 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
Just about all Republicans in Congress want the government to spend more money securing America’s southern border, but Democrats are divided. Just about all Democrats in Congress support spending more money to help Ukraine, but Republicans are divided. Which is more important, securing America’s southern border or helping Ukraine?
- 61%-Securing America’s southern border
- 28%-Helping Ukraine
- 12%-Not sure
Should Congress continue to provide funding and weapons to Ukraine?
- 38%-Yes
- 42%-No
- 21%-Not sure
A proposal has been made known as the Ukrainian American Border Security Agreement. It would provide equal levels of funding for securing the US Border and for helping Ukraine. Would you favor or oppose the Ukrainian American Border Security Agreement?
- 15%-Strongly favor
- 37%-Somewhat favor
- 19%-Somewhat oppose
- 13%-Strongly oppose
- 17%-Not sure
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