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58 Percent of Voters Believe Feds Clueless on Regs' Impact

58 Percent of Voters Believe Feds Clueless on Regs' Impact

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Scott Rasmussen By Thursday, 24 January 2019 02:17 PM EST Current | Bio | Archive

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters nationwide believe that those who write federal regulations don’t understand the real-world impact of those regulations.

A ScottRasmussen.com national survey found that 31 percent think regulators have a pretty good handle on the impact of their work.

Additionally, 56 percent believe there are too many government regulations in America today. Just 20 percent say there aren’t enough.

What happens when a regulation creates problems in the real world? If there is a conflict between acting in the best interest of its customers and obeying a regulation, 54 percent of voters want the company to serve the customer and ignore the regulation. Just 29 percent believe the company should obey the regulation.

Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology. Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.

Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is the author of "Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System," "In Search of Self-Governance," and "The People’s Money: How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt." Read more reports from Scott Rasmussen — Click Here Now.

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