Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 20, 2022
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December 20, 2022: Sixty-two percent of voters prefer to live in a community where people are allowed to own guns. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that just 25% would prefer a community where guns are outlawed.
The survey also found that 46% say gun laws in their area are generally not strict enough. Twenty-four percent (24%) say they are too strict, and 30% are not sure.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on December 6-8, 2022. 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 +/- 2.8 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
Would you rather live in a community where guns are outlawed or in a community where people are allowed to own guns?
- 25%-One where guns are outlawed
- 62%-One where people are allowed to own guns
- 13%-Not sure
Are gun laws in your area generally too strict or not strict enough?
- 24%-Too strict
- 46%-Not strict enough
- 30%-Not sure
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