Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for April 3, 2023
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April 3, 2023: Seventy percent (70%) of voters say that they trust the American people more than political leaders and government experts when it comes to important policy decisions. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 18% say they trust political leaders and government experts more.
The survey also found that a plurality (42%) say government officials should implement the president’s policies even if they disagree with them, but a majority (55%) also say that there should be special protections in place to prevent the president from firing senior policy officials who disagree with the president’s policy positions.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on March 21-22, 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
Generally speaking, when it comes to important policy decisions, who do you trust more: the American people or political leaders and government experts?
- 70%-The American people
- 18%-Political leaders and government experts
- 11%-Not sure
Suppose a president seeks to implement a policy, but a senior government official disagrees with that policy. Should that government official implement the president’s policy regardless of his personal opinions, or should he pursue the policy he thinks is best?
- 42%-Implement the president’s policy
- 36%-Pursue the policy he thinks is best
- 22%-Not sure
Should there be special protections in place to prevent the president from firing senior policy officials who disagree with that president’s policy positions?
- 55%-Yes
- 25%-No
- 20%-Not sure
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