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48 Percent: Non-essential Businesses Should Close Sundays

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Scott Rasmussen By Monday, 13 May 2024 11:47 AM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

May 13, 2024: Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters favor a proposal that would require most non-essential businesses to close on Sunday in order to give workers a day off. A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 41% are opposed.

The survey also found that 72% say they regularly set aside a day each week in their own lives to rest, spend time with family, and avoid work.

Methodology

The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on May 1-2, 2024. 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

To give workers a day off, a proposal has been made that would require most non-essential businesses to close on Sundays. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?

  • 18%-Strongly favor
  • 30%-Somewhat favor
  • 22%-Somewhat oppose
  • 19%-Strongly oppose
  • 11%-Not sure

When it comes to your own life, do you regularly set aside a day each week to rest, spend time with family, and avoid work?

  • 72%-Yes
  • 25%-No
  • 3%-Not sure

Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is a political analyst, author, public speaker, independent public opinion pollster and a columnist. Read Scott Rasmussen's Reports — More Here.

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Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters favor a proposal that would require most non-essential businesses to close on Sunday in order to give workers a day off. A Scott Rasmussen national survey conducted by RMG Research found that 41% are opposed.
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