Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 28, 2023
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September 28, 2023: Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters oppose the government implementing strict rationing of gas, meat, and electricity to fight climate change. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 28% of voters favor such rationing policies.
The survey also found that the majority of voters opposed banning gas stoves (70%), banning gas-powered cars (72%), eliminating all nonessential airline travel (72%), banning SUVs (78%), and banning air conditioners (83%).
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 18-19, 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
To fight climate change, a proposal has been made that would impose strict restrictions and rationing on the private use of gas, meat, and electricity. Would you favor or oppose strict rationing of gas, meat, and electricity?
- 8%-Strongly favor
- 20%-Somewhat favor
- 21%-Somewhat oppose
- 42%-Strongly oppose
- 8%-Not sure
To fight climate change, would you favor or oppose each of the following?
Banning gas stoves
- 7%-Strongly favor
- 18%-Somewhat favor
- 27%-Somewhat oppose
- 43%-Strongly oppose
- 5%-Not sure
Banning gas-powered cars
- 8%-Strongly favor
- 16%-Somewhat favor
- 23%-Somewhat oppose
- 49%-Strongly oppose
- 6%-Not sure
Eliminating all but essential airline travel
- 8%-Strongly favor
- 14%-Somewhat favor
- 22%-Somewhat oppose
- 50%-Strongly oppose
- 6%-Not sure
Banning SUVs
- 6%-Strongly favor
- 10%-Somewhat favor
- 28%-Somewhat oppose
- 50%-Strongly oppose
- 6%-Not sure
Banning private air conditioning
- 4%-Strongly favor
- 9%-Somewhat favor
- 21%-Somewhat oppose
- 62%-Strongly oppose
- 4%-Not sure
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