Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 12, 2024
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February 12, 2024: Seventy-four percent (74%) of voters believe federal budget deficits are the result of too much government spending. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that only 11% of voters believe they are because taxes are too low.
The survey also found that 63% of voters believe the U.S. government collects more taxes today than at any other time in history.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on January 29-30, 2024. 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
Are the federal budget deficits primarily the result of too much government spending or because taxes are too low?
- 74%-Too much government spending
- 11%-Taxes are too low
- 15%-Not sure
Please let me know if each of the following statements is true or false:
The United States government today collects more taxes than at any other time in history
- 63%-True
- 10%-False
- 27%-Not sure
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