Government Spying On Journalists? Most Voters Think So - Demographic Details
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| National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted June 30-July 1, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports | Sponsored by Ron Coleman and Coleman Nation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | How likely is it that the U.S. government spies on critical journalists and political opponents? | Do you trust the government's judgment when it spies on U.S. citizens? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Very likely | Somewhat likely | Not very likely | Not at all likely | Not sure | Yes | No | Not sure | ||
| How likely is it that the U.S. government spies on critical journalists and political opponents? | Very likely | 36% | 40% | 32% | 36% | 37% | 31% | 33% | 25% | 50% | 44% | 25% | 38% | 48% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 38% | 27% | 35% | 40% | 34% | 42% | 27% | 33% | 37% | 40% | 30% | 36% | 27% | 47% | 38% | 31% | 32% | 20% | 18% | 27% | 58% | 29% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 68% | 64% | 38% |
| Somewhat likely | 23% | 22% | 24% | 34% | 19% | 15% | 22% | 25% | 26% | 22% | 27% | 19% | 19% | 25% | 28% | 27% | 20% | 32% | 27% | 22% | 10% | 7% | 32% | 30% | 19% | 26% | 16% | 23% | 33% | 24% | 25% | 17% | 25% | 19% | 36% | 35% | 17% | 13% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 36% | 62% | |
| Not very likely | 14% | 15% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 12% | 16% | 18% | 5% | 11% | 18% | 13% | 9% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 16% | 17% | 11% | 29% | 6% | 4% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 21% | 0% | 17% | 7% | 20% | 12% | 11% | 20% | 23% | 9% | 6% | 16% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not at all likely | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 18% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 11% | 27% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 14% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 20% | 16% | 25% | 11% | 20% | 35% | 23% | 19% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 25% | 19% | 22% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 38% | 19% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 21% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 11% | 33% | 26% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 16% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Asked of 590 Voters who
answered Very/Somewhat Likely that the U.S. Government Spies on Journalists and Political Opponents |
Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | How likely is it that the U.S. government spies on critical journalists and political opponents? | Do you trust the government's judgment when it spies on U.S. citizens? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Very likely | Somewhat likely | Not very likely | Not at all likely | Not sure | Yes | No | Not sure | ||
| Do you trust the government's judgment when it spies on U.S. citizens? | Yes | 22% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 19% | 28% | 19% | 24% | 30% | 21% | 30% | 13% | 26% | 23% | 14% | 6% | 20% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 6% | 18% | 28% | 21% | 18% | 24% | 27% | 0% | 36% | 25% | 21% | 21% | 18% | 42% | 19% | 14% | 16% | 55% | 25% | 18% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| No | 61% | 64% | 58% | 64% | 63% | 49% | 64% | 55% | 56% | 67% | 47% | 70% | 59% | 62% | 65% | 45% | 63% | 61% | 56% | 61% | 82% | 61% | 55% | 67% | 61% | 59% | 56% | 100% | 51% | 59% | 65% | 54% | 69% | 36% | 49% | 78% | 72% | 29% | 65% | 55% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 17% | 13% | 21% | 13% | 18% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 14% | 12% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 15% | 21% | 49% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 11% | 12% | 21% | 17% | 12% | 21% | 17% | 17% | 0% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 25% | 13% | 21% | 32% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 11% | 27% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
| Survey Demographics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | 49% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 51% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 18-39 | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 45% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 22% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 68% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | 36% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat | 38% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 26% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
