Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 17, 2021
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February 17, 2021: Forty percent (40%) of voters nationwide believe American society is generally fair and decent. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 45% disagree and believe American society is generally unfair and discriminatory.[1]
Those figures are little changed since last June. Following the killing of George Floyd, just 38% believed our society is generally fair and decent, while 47% took the opposite view.[1][2]
However, these numbers reflect a dramatic change from the first time Scott Rasmussen asked that question back in the 1990s. In those days, voters routinely said society was generally fair and decent by roughly a 2-to-1 margin.[1]
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans believe American society is generally fair and decent. However, 61% of Democrats take the opposite view. So do 52% of independent voters.[1]
There is also a big racial divide on this question. White voters are evenly divided, while 64% of Black voters say our society is unfair and discriminatory. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Hispanic voters agree.[1]
Other data from the survey found that 76% of voters believe most Americans want to live in a society where white and Black Americans are treated equally. Thirteen percent (13%) believe that’s not true, and 11% aren’t sure.[1]
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- February 16, 2021 -37 percent of voters worry the Biden administration will wait too long to re-open society; 36% worry the administration will re-open too quickly
- February 15, 2021 -14 percent of voters say they will never get the COVID-19 vaccine
- February 12, 2021 -24 percent of Americans will celebrate Valentine’s Day with an evening out
- February 11, 2021 -49 percent of voters worry more about restricting free speech than the spread of fake news
- February 10, 2021 –2.3 percentage point decline in daily school attendance from 2019 to 2020
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