Ninety-six percent (96%) of voters say free speech is important. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 81% say the same about diversity and 75% see inclusiveness as important.
Those totals include 80% who say free speech is Very Important; 49% who say diversity is Very Important; and, 40% who see inclusiveness as Very Important.
Data released earlier showed that 79% of voters believe that free speech protects minority rights. Also, 64% believe no one is empowered more by free speech than the historically marginalized and dispossessed.
Just 22% think that those who support free speech are enemies of diversity. Sixty-nine percent (69%) reject that view.
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Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left more than seven years ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Question:
How important are each of the following:
Free speech:
80% Very important
16% Somewhat important
1% Not very important
1% Not at all important
2% Not sure
Inclusiveness:
40% Very important
35% Somewhat important
12% Not very important
3% Not at all important
9% Not sure
Diversity:
49% Very important
32% Somewhat important
11% Not very important
4% Not at all important
4% Not sure
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on October 28-30, 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.
