SHOCKER: Elites Favor Limiting Voting to College Graduates

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

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New polling from Scott Rasmussen reveals that America's elite 1%—those with high incomes, urban residences, and postgraduate degrees—are significantly out of step with the rest of the country on a range of issues. It’s a troubling trend for America, and it doesn’t bode well for our future considering the elite 1% occupy many of the leadership roles in our cultural, educational, and government institutions. There's perhaps no statistic more shocking than the 69% of politically obsessed elites who think it would be better if only people with college degrees could vote. By comparison, just 15% of all voters hold that view. (Rasmussen defines "politically obsessed" as elites who talk about politics every day.) Rasmussen's latest survey, conducted by RMG Research, asked other questions ranging from government censorship to gun ownership. On nearly every issue, there's a wide gulf between the ruling class and everyday Americans. You can learn more about work on the elite 1% by tuning into "The Scott Rasmussen Show," which airs Sunday at 10 a.m. ET on Merit Street Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, May 24th. I'm your host Rob Lewy.
0:11.0	New polling from Scott Rasmussen reveals a significant portion of America's
0:15.1	elite 1%, those with high incomes, urban residences, and postgraduate degrees
0:21.3	are significantly out of step with the rest of the country on a range of issues.
0:25.6	It's a troubling trend for America and it doesn't bode well for our future,
0:29.7	considering that many of those occupying the elite 1% are in cultural and government institutions
0:36.7	leading this country.
0:38.2	Rasmussen asked questions ranging from government censorship to who should be permitted
0:41.9	to vote in elections.
0:43.3	His findings are shocking.
0:45.2	They reveal a wide gulf between the ruling class and everyday Americans.
0:49.2	He returned to the Daily Signal podcast today for an update on his latest polling. Stay tuned for our
0:54.1	interview right after this.
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1:25.0	We're joined at the daily signal by Scott Rasmussen.
1:30.0	He's the president of R. M. G. Research and host of the Scott
1:33.3	Resmieson show. Scott, thanks so much for coming back to the
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