Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 25, 2022
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October 25, 2022: Seventy-nine percent (79%) of voters say that, if a government official knows that a ruling is coming that will positively affect a particular company and uses that insider information to buy stock in the company, he or she should be fired. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that two-thirds (66%) think the official should be arrested.
The survey also found that 78% believe it is likely that a government official who knew of such an upcoming ruling would choose to engage in insider trading. Just 12% think it is not likely.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 13-15, 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 Question
Suppose a government official used insider information to buy and sell stocks. Should that person be fired?
- 79%-Yes
- 9%-No
- 13%-Not sure
Okay… if a government official used insider information to buy and sell stocks, should he or she be arrested?
- 66%-Yes
- 12%-No
- 23%-Not sure
Suppose a government official knew that a ruling was coming that would be good news for a particular company. How likely is it that such an official would use his or her insider information to buy stock in the company?
- 46%-Very likely
- 32%-Somewhat likely
- 9%-Not very likely
- 3%-Not at all likely
- 11%-Not sure
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