Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 26, 2022
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September 26, 2022: Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters have a high level of trust in the FDA’s public health experts. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 41% have a low level of trust.
The survey found lower levels of trust in CDC experts, with 44% saying their trust was high, and 48% saying it was low. Just 34% have high levels of trust in NIH experts, and 17% have never heard of the agency.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on September 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 Questions
What is your current level of trust in public health experts at each of the following agencies?
CDC
- 27%-Very low
- 21%-Somewhat low
- 27%-Somewhat high
- 17%-Very high
- 6%-Not sure
- 2%-Never heard of it
FDA
- 19%-Very low
- 22%-Somewhat low
- 34%-Somewhat high
- 18%-Very high
- 7%-Not sure
- 1%-Never heard of it
NIH
- 21%-Very low
- 14%-Somewhat low
- 21%-Somewhat high
- 13%-Very high
- 14%-Not sure
- 17%-Never heard of it
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