Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters favor banning the use of federal funds to support research conducted by the Chinese government or the Chinese Communist Party. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 24% oppose that policy and 15% are not sure.
Those totals include 40% who Strongly Favor the proposal and 11% who are Strongly Opposed.
The ban is favored by 68% of Republicans, 61% of Independents, and 56% of Democrats.
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Question:
Another proposal would ban the use of federal funds to support research conducted by the Chinese government or the Chinese Communist Party. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
40% Strongly favor
22% Somewhat favor
13% Somewhat oppose
11% Strongly oppose
15% Not sure
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 14-16, 2021. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
