Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 2, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
January 2, 2023: Looking back, 52% of voters rate 2022 as at least somewhat good in their own lives, including 14% who rate it as Very Good. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 46% rate it negatively, including 16% who say it was Very Bad.
The survey also found that 51% expect 2023 to be better, including 18% who expect it to be Much Better. 24% expect it to be worse, and 21% that it will be about the same.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on December 20-22, 2022. 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 +/- 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
Looking back, how would you rate the year 2022 in your own life?
- 14%-Very good
- 38%-Somewhat good
- 30%-Somewhat bad
- 16%-Very bad
- 3%-Not sure
Okay…Compared to this past year, do you expect 2023 to be better, worse, or about the same?
- 18%-Much better
- 33%-Somewhat better
- 15%-Somewhat worse
- 9%-Much worse
- 21%-About the same
- 3%-Not sure
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