Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 15, 2023
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September 15, 2023: Forty percent (40%) of voters rate the way that President Biden has handled the wildfires in Maui as poor, with another 22% rating his performance fair. A Scott Rasmussen National Survey found that only 28% of voters rated his handling of this situation as excellent (7%) or good (21%).
The survey also found that 40% of voters rate the way authorities handled Hurricane Idalia as excellent (10%) or good (30%), while 36% rate their performance as fair (29%) or poor (17%).
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 5-6, 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
How do you rate the way that President Biden handled the wildfire situation in Maui?
- 7%-Excellent
- 21%-Good
- 22%-Fair
- 40%-Poor
- 10%-Not sure
How do you rate the way authorities handled the situation with Hurricane Idalia?
- 10%-Excellent
- 30%-Good
- 29%-Fair
- 17%-Poor
- 14%-Not sure
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