Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 31, 2023
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March 31, 2023: Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters say that it is time for federal spending to return to pre-Covid levels. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that this includes majorities of both Republicans (86%) and Democrats (60%). Just 14% disagree.
The survey also found that a majority (59%) of voters know that spending by the federal government today is about 50% higher than it was before the pandemic.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on March 14-15, 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
The federal government spent trillions of dollars during the lockdowns associated with the pandemic. Now that the lockdowns are over, should federal spending return to pre-Covid levels?
- 71% Yes
- 14% No
- 15% Not sure
Is the following statement true or false: Spending by the federal government today is about 50% higher than it was before the pandemic.
- 59% True
- 11% False
- 30% Not sure
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