The Most Terrifying Poll Result I ve Ever Seen Issues & Insights
Earlier this year, pollster Scott Rasmussen asked voters a simple question: Would you rather have your candidate win by cheating or lose by playing fair?
The answers he got back were, as he put it in a Daily Signal podcast last week, the most terrifying poll result I ve ever seen.
Among all Americans, just 7% said they would want their candidate to win by cheating. As Rasmussen put it, he d rather see that number lower, but that s not bad.
But more than a third of the elite 1% he surveyed would condone cheating. And among those who are politically obsessed meaning that they talk about politics every day that number shot up to 69%.
Keep in mind that this elite 1% group is overwhelmingly liberal. According to Rasmussen, these are mainly well-educated urbanites who make more than $150,000 a year and think Joe Biden is doing a great job. Nearly three-quarters identify as Democrats.
They are also highly influential when it comes to policy, and they are completely out of touch with everyday Americans. A few examples from the survey:
- Nearly 60% say there is too much individual freedom in America double the rate of all Americans.
- More than two-thirds (67%) favor rationing of energy and food to combat the threat of climate change.
- Nearly three-quarters (70%) of the elites trust the government to do the right thing most of the time.
- More than two-thirds (67%) say teachers and other educational professionals should decide what children are taught rather than letting parents decide.
- Nearly three-quarters (74%) say they are financially better off than before COVID, compared with 20% of the general public.
Pretty, pretty bad.