April 6, 2023: Sixty-four percent of voters oppose San Francisco’s current reparations proposal. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that this is higher than the 59% who oppose reparations by local governments in general. Just 27% support San Francisco’s plan.
The survey also found that 58% think it is unlikely that the city will implement the plan as currently set out. Twenty-six percent think they are at least somewhat likely to implement it.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on March 23-24, 2023. 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
The current San Francisco proposal calls for a $5 million payment to each Black adult, elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for the next 250 years, and homes in the city for $1 per family. Knowing this, do you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 13%-Strongly favor
- 14%-Somewhat favor
- 10%-Somewhat oppose
- 54%-Strongly oppose
- 8%-Not sure
In general, to compensate for slavery, do you favor or oppose reparation payments to Black residents by local governments?
- 16%-Strongly favor
- 16%-Somewhat favor
- 14%-Somewhat oppose
- 45%-Strongly oppose
- 9%-Not sure
How likely is it that the city of San Francisco will implement the reparations plan as currently set out?
- 11%-Very likely
- 15%-Somewhat likely
- 24%-Not very likely
- 34%-Not at all likely
- 16%-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 columnist for Creators Syndicate. Read Scott Rasmussen's Reports — More Here.
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