NFL Handled of Hamlin Injury Well, Most Americans Say - Demographics
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| National Survey of 1,000 American Adults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted January 5 and 8-9, 2023 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | In a typical week, how often do you follow professional football on television, in person, on the radio or online? | Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell? | Which is closer to your belief, that the NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries, or that the NFL is already doing enough to protect players? | The “Monday Night Football” game was postponed after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a serious injury. How would you rate the way the NFL handled this situation? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Rarely or never | Occasionally | Once a week | More than once a week | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | The NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries | The NFL is already doing enough to protect players | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | ||
| In a typical week, how often do you follow professional football on television, in person, on the radio or online? | Rarely or never | 33% | 29% | 36% | 26% | 37% | 39% | 21% | 32% | 30% | 38% | 34% | 26% | 32% | 32% | 34% | 33% | 29% | 37% | 31% | 34% | 43% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 23% | 39% | 32% | 25% | 31% | 38% | 35% | 33% | 32% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 11% | 20% | 34% | 51% | 30% | 30% | 44% | 32% | 27% | 25% | 39% | 53% |
| Occasionally | 26% | 25% | 27% | 31% | 24% | 21% | 39% | 21% | 26% | 27% | 25% | 31% | 25% | 22% | 30% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 29% | 24% | 21% | 33% | 35% | 19% | 24% | 9% | 27% | 37% | 26% | 26% | 17% | 26% | 25% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 32% | 32% | 30% | 18% | 31% | 26% | 15% | 28% | 29% | 31% | 24% | 8% | |
| Once a week | 18% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 25% | 15% | 17% | 20% | 22% | 23% | 16% | 16% | 22% | 14% | 21% | 17% | 12% | 17% | 19% | 30% | 19% | 7% | 16% | 28% | 18% | 15% | 17% | 21% | 16% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 27% | 24% | 17% | 11% | 18% | 22% | 11% | 20% | 21% | 17% | 23% | 6% | |
| More than once a week | 17% | 21% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 9% | 24% | 6% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 18% | 17% | 16% | 21% | 12% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 19% | 27% | 13% | 16% | 9% | 23% | 19% | 12% | 18% | 16% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 20% | 27% | 19% | 18% | 10% | 17% | 21% | 9% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 12% | 6% | |
| Not sure | 6% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 1% | 15% | 4% | 13% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 9% | 1% | 11% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 32% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 19% | 2% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 11% | 3% | 1% | 21% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 28% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | In a typical week, how often do you follow professional football on television, in person, on the radio or online? | Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell? | Which is closer to your belief, that the NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries, or that the NFL is already doing enough to protect players? | The “Monday Night Football” game was postponed after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a serious injury. How would you rate the way the NFL handled this situation? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Rarely or never | Occasionally | Once a week | More than once a week | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | The NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries | The NFL is already doing enough to protect players | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | ||
| Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell? | Very favorable | 7% | 11% | 4% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 17% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 2% | 9% | 6% | 11% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 1% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 12% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 1% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 8% | 1% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 2% |
| Somewhat favorable | 18% | 21% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 23% | 25% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 23% | 13% | 22% | 16% | 14% | 21% | 20% | 22% | 19% | 8% | 16% | 26% | 22% | 15% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 6% | 23% | 27% | 29% | 9% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 19% | 7% | 20% | 25% | 21% | 11% | 1% | |
| Somewhat unfavorable | 22% | 23% | 21% | 20% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 26% | 19% | 21% | 28% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 28% | 13% | 25% | 17% | 23% | 24% | 18% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 29% | 24% | 18% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 23% | 15% | 21% | 23% | 34% | 22% | 5% | |
| Very unfavorable | 15% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 22% | 14% | 5% | 20% | 9% | 16% | 16% | 12% | 17% | 12% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 14% | 18% | 9% | 16% | 20% | 14% | 13% | 19% | 16% | 10% | 22% | 12% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 12% | 22% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 39% | 10% | |
| Not sure | 37% | 29% | 45% | 38% | 33% | 44% | 35% | 27% | 40% | 46% | 42% | 26% | 30% | 37% | 31% | 42% | 29% | 46% | 29% | 42% | 37% | 40% | 36% | 24% | 28% | 65% | 28% | 29% | 35% | 36% | 54% | 30% | 45% | 58% | 25% | 21% | 21% | 69% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 32% | 28% | 66% | 35% | 31% | 22% | 27% | 82% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | In a typical week, how often do you follow professional football on television, in person, on the radio or online? | Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell? | Which is closer to your belief, that the NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries, or that the NFL is already doing enough to protect players? | The “Monday Night Football” game was postponed after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a serious injury. How would you rate the way the NFL handled this situation? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Rarely or never | Occasionally | Once a week | More than once a week | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | The NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries | The NFL is already doing enough to protect players | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | ||
| Which is closer to your belief, that the NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries, or that the NFL is already doing enough to protect players? | The NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries | 44% | 40% | 48% | 43% | 39% | 54% | 43% | 39% | 41% | 50% | 39% | 58% | 47% | 62% | 31% | 37% | 46% | 41% | 44% | 43% | 40% | 48% | 48% | 43% | 46% | 29% | 46% | 48% | 45% | 44% | 36% | 49% | 38% | 40% | 52% | 44% | 44% | 23% | 57% | 54% | 48% | 34% | 38% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 49% | 51% | 41% | 40% | 19% |
| The NFL is already doing enough to protect players | 37% | 43% | 30% | 32% | 44% | 30% | 31% | 46% | 28% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 35% | 24% | 54% | 34% | 41% | 32% | 39% | 35% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 46% | 42% | 19% | 34% | 41% | 41% | 39% | 23% | 39% | 34% | 33% | 36% | 44% | 46% | 8% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 52% | 27% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 43% | 36% | 42% | 37% | 14% | |
| Not sure | 20% | 17% | 22% | 24% | 17% | 16% | 26% | 15% | 31% | 20% | 23% | 10% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 29% | 13% | 28% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 14% | 17% | 11% | 12% | 52% | 20% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 40% | 12% | 28% | 26% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 70% | 4% | 7% | 14% | 14% | 35% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 8% | 13% | 17% | 24% | 67% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | In a typical week, how often do you follow professional football on television, in person, on the radio or online? | Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell? | Which is closer to your belief, that the NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries, or that the NFL is already doing enough to protect players? | The “Monday Night Football” game was postponed after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a serious injury. How would you rate the way the NFL handled this situation? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Rarely or never | Occasionally | Once a week | More than once a week | Not sure | Very favorable | Somewhat favorable | Somewhat unfavorable | Very unfavorable | Not sure | The NFL should do more to protect players from serious injuries | The NFL is already doing enough to protect players | Not sure | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Not sure | ||
| The “Monday Night Football” game was postponed after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a serious injury. How would you rate the way the NFL handled this situation? | Excellent | 31% | 32% | 30% | 25% | 33% | 39% | 29% | 33% | 16% | 34% | 31% | 32% | 29% | 34% | 34% | 26% | 34% | 28% | 27% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 34% | 34% | 16% | 28% | 28% | 31% | 39% | 24% | 36% | 26% | 30% | 33% | 34% | 30% | 16% | 60% | 33% | 30% | 19% | 29% | 35% | 36% | 12% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Good | 31% | 27% | 34% | 28% | 30% | 36% | 16% | 30% | 38% | 33% | 29% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 27% | 34% | 27% | 34% | 28% | 26% | 32% | 38% | 28% | 32% | 18% | 36% | 32% | 37% | 31% | 16% | 34% | 28% | 26% | 35% | 35% | 38% | 8% | 25% | 42% | 32% | 30% | 26% | 36% | 31% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fair | 17% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 14% | 25% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 15% | 13% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 23% | 15% | 5% | 16% | 21% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 15% | 22% | 12% | 11% | 19% | 26% | 19% | 10% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Poor | 9% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 2% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 14% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 14% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 9% | 24% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 13% | 11% | 14% | 18% | 10% | 7% | 18% | 9% | 22% | 12% | 15% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 19% | 6% | 19% | 9% | 15% | 11% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 55% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 35% | 7% | 19% | 20% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 60% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 28% | 5% | 5% | 42% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| Adults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Men | 49% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | 51% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 18-39 | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 41% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Race | White | 62% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 15% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 24% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Democrat | 34% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 29% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 37% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
