Voters Don’t Trust Government on Ohio Train Disaster - Demographics
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| National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted February 21-23, 2023 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Earlier this month, a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals and causing concerns about contamination. How closely have you followed news reports about this train derailment in Ohio? | How would you rate the federal government’s response to the Ohio train derailment? | The federal Environmental Protection Agency has said tests “show no water quality concerns” in East Palestine. If you lived near the site where the train derailed, how safe would you feel drinking the water? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | 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 closely | Somewhat closely | Not very closely | Not at all | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | Very safe | Somewhat safe | Not very safe | Not at all safe | Not sure | ||
| Earlier this month, a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals and causing concerns about contamination. How closely have you followed news reports about this train derailment in Ohio? | Very closely | 49% | 54% | 44% | 31% | 56% | 59% | 56% | 33% | 34% | 47% | 52% | 48% | 57% | 46% | 37% | 44% | 51% | 46% | 48% | 53% | 54% | 39% | 59% | 50% | 44% | 49% | 52% | 28% | 46% | 43% | 47% | 62% | 35% | 60% | 24% | 19% | 61% | 27% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 82% | 46% | 23% | 60% | 9% | 76% | 40% | 29% | 60% | 24% |
| Somewhat closely | 33% | 32% | 33% | 40% | 28% | 33% | 30% | 36% | 39% | 35% | 31% | 32% | 28% | 33% | 42% | 16% | 27% | 39% | 32% | 26% | 36% | 42% | 28% | 28% | 36% | 35% | 33% | 6% | 37% | 30% | 34% | 29% | 37% | 28% | 54% | 39% | 27% | 2% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 43% | 51% | 28% | 23% | 21% | 44% | 45% | 26% | 27% | |
| Not very closely | 13% | 12% | 14% | 19% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 20% | 18% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 16% | 22% | 13% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 37% | 13% | 19% | 16% | 7% | 15% | 9% | 15% | 30% | 10% | 32% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 11% | 23% | 10% | 32% | 0% | 15% | 22% | 9% | 26% | |
| Not at all | 4% | 1% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 31% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 10% | |
| Not sure | 1% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 11% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 29% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 12% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Earlier this month, a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals and causing concerns about contamination. How closely have you followed news reports about this train derailment in Ohio? | How would you rate the federal government’s response to the Ohio train derailment? | The federal Environmental Protection Agency has said tests “show no water quality concerns” in East Palestine. If you lived near the site where the train derailed, how safe would you feel drinking the water? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | 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 closely | Somewhat closely | Not very closely | Not at all | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | Very safe | Somewhat safe | Not very safe | Not at all safe | Not sure | ||
| How would you rate the federal government’s response to the Ohio train derailment? | Excellent | 10% | 13% | 6% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 5% | 18% | 4% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 6% | 19% | 9% | 2% | 11% | 14% | 0% | 26% | 13% | 10% | 7% | 3% | 32% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 16% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 64% | 17% | 4% | 1% | 6% |
| Good | 20% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 23% | 20% | 23% | 17% | 26% | 11% | 23% | 9% | 25% | 35% | 9% | 18% | 17% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 26% | 22% | 19% | 23% | 16% | 22% | 20% | 44% | 32% | 7% | 2% | 10% | 19% | 26% | 16% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 51% | 26% | 6% | 20% | |
| Fair | 16% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 13% | 39% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 28% | 12% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 32% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 22% | 14% | 23% | 28% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 24% | 28% | 3% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 23% | 31% | 8% | 17% | |
| Poor | 46% | 46% | 45% | 39% | 49% | 47% | 47% | 34% | 49% | 27% | 63% | 48% | 60% | 38% | 29% | 43% | 48% | 55% | 46% | 36% | 27% | 56% | 25% | 49% | 53% | 49% | 34% | 29% | 31% | 37% | 51% | 51% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 48% | 81% | 46% | 56% | 39% | 33% | 24% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 5% | 9% | 27% | 77% | 20% | |
| Not sure | 9% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 15% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 18% | 7% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 14% | 6% | 18% | 15% | 5% | 34% | 2% | 6% | 22% | 72% | 39% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 8% | 37% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Earlier this month, a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals and causing concerns about contamination. How closely have you followed news reports about this train derailment in Ohio? | How would you rate the federal government’s response to the Ohio train derailment? | The federal Environmental Protection Agency has said tests “show no water quality concerns” in East Palestine. If you lived near the site where the train derailed, how safe would you feel drinking the water? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | 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 closely | Somewhat closely | Not very closely | Not at all | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | Very safe | Somewhat safe | Not very safe | Not at all safe | Not sure | ||
| The federal Environmental Protection Agency has said tests “show no water quality concerns” in East Palestine. If you lived near the site where the train derailed, how safe would you feel drinking the water? | Very safe | 9% | 13% | 5% | 18% | 5% | 3% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 14% | 5% | 7% | 12% | 5% | 8% | 0% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 18% | 30% | 0% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 16% | 0% | 24% | 10% | 14% | 2% | 4% | 27% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 11% | 13% | 6% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 58% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Somewhat safe | 14% | 17% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 18% | 19% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 17% | 18% | 0% | 9% | 12% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 22% | 0% | 18% | 22% | 12% | 15% | 9% | 23% | 25% | 6% | 6% | 17% | 12% | 19% | 16% | 3% | 0% | 25% | 36% | 21% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not very safe | 24% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 21% | 27% | 24% | 30% | 21% | 26% | 21% | 25% | 19% | 25% | 30% | 26% | 21% | 29% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 19% | 32% | 28% | 28% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 22% | 23% | 25% | 25% | 34% | 34% | 17% | 8% | 14% | 33% | 39% | 26% | 14% | 9% | 31% | 46% | 14% | 34% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Not at all safe | 47% | 41% | 53% | 34% | 56% | 47% | 48% | 37% | 50% | 37% | 59% | 47% | 56% | 42% | 37% | 39% | 58% | 49% | 49% | 38% | 28% | 54% | 33% | 49% | 49% | 52% | 37% | 26% | 29% | 37% | 50% | 53% | 49% | 20% | 29% | 44% | 75% | 26% | 58% | 38% | 32% | 48% | 22% | 4% | 14% | 25% | 80% | 40% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 10% | 2% | 10% | 7% | 35% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 55% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 13% | 5% | 9% | 13% | 2% | 38% | 3% | 5% | 12% | 17% | 61% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| Gender | Male | 48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 52% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 18-39 | 31% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 47% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 22% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 67% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Democrat | 35% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
