May 12, 2022: Fifty-nine percent of voters are more worried about the federal government deciding what information and news should be allowed than they are about disinformation and fake news. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 28 percent are more worried about disinformation and fake news, and 13 percent are not sure.
The survey also found that 48 percentof voters believe that the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board will be used primarily to silence opposing views. Twenty-four percent believe it will be politically neutral, and 28 percent are not sure.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on April 28-30, 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.
Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is a political analyst, author, public speaker, independent public opinion pollster and columnist for Creators Syndicate. Read Scott Rasmussen's Reports — More Here.
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