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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 22, 2025
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
September 22, 2025: Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters mistakenly believe it is currently illegal to burn the American flag. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 30% do not think it is illegal.
The survey also found that 59% favor the president’s executive order aimed at prosecuting the burning of the American flag, with 39% saying they strongly favor this order. Thirty-four percent (34%) are opposed, with 21% saying they are strongly opposed.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 16-17, 2025. 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 +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc. and founder of the Napolitan Institute.
Is it currently illegal to burn the American flag?
- 61%-Yes
- 30%-No
- 9%-Not sure
Recently the president issued an executive order aimed at prosecuting the burning of the American flag. Do you favor or oppose this executive order?
- 39%-Strongly favor
- 20%-Somewhat favor
- 13%-Somewhat oppose
- 21%-Strongly oppose
- 6%-Not sure
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