Sixty-eight percent (68%) of voters say that individual freedom is Very Important in terms of how they vote. That’s the highest rating among seven broad issues being considered by the Supreme Court. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 63% rated gun laws as Very Important, 58% who say Religious Liberty is Very Important and 55% say the same about limiting the power of government. Abortion is seen as Very Important by 49%, Death Penalty Issues by 41%, and Transgender Rights by 31%.
For Republicans, the top three issues are Individual Freedom, Limiting the Power of Government and Religious Liberty.
For Democrats, the top three are Gun Laws, Individual Freedom, and Religious Liberty.
For Independents, the top issues are Individual Freedom, Gun Laws, and Religious Liberty.
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Question:
In terms of how you will vote, how important are each of the following issues?
Abortion
49% Very important
26% Somewhat important
12% Not very important
6% Not at all important
7% Not sure
Gun laws
63% Very important
22% Somewhat important
6% Not very important
4% Not at all important
4% Not sure
Limiting the power of government
55% Very important
27% Somewhat important
9% Not very important
3% Not at all important
6% Not sure
Transgender rights
31% Very important
23% Somewhat important
17% Not very important
20% Not at all important
7% Not sure
Individual rights
68% Very important
19% Somewhat important
5% Not very important
2% Not at all important
6% Not sure
Religious liberty
58% Very important
24% Somewhat important
8% Not very important
5% Not at all important
5% Not sure
Death penalty
41% Very important
32% Somewhat important
13% Not very important
6% Not at all important
8% Not sure
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on December 6-8, 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.
