58% Agree Media Are the ‘Enemy of the People’: Rasmussen Poll

Voters overwhelmingly believe “fake news” is a problem, a majority agreeing with Trump that the media have become “the enemy of the people.”

QUICK FACTS:

• 58% of likely voters either strongly agree (34%) or somewhat agree (24%) with the statement that the media are “truly the enemy of the people,” according to a survey conducted this week for Rasmussen Reports by Pulse Opinion Research.
• Some 46% disagreed.
• 56% of Democrats “trust” the news, compared to 58% of Republicans who don’t.
• The survey found Independents (61%) generally agree with Republicans on the “enemy of the people” question.

"Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The media are “truly the enemy of the people”?"

-AGREE-
White – 56%
Black – 63%
Oth Non-White – 60%
Dem – 37%
Unaffil – 61%
GOP – 76%
All Voters – 58%

58% Of Voters Agree: Media Are ‘Enemy of the People’ https://t.co/9xv91xfzHj

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) January 25, 2022

COMMON GROUND BETWEEN REPUBLICANS & DEMOCRATS:

• The Rasmussen survey found some agreement regarding “fake news” being a serious problem, a supermajority of Republicans, 92%, saying it’s a problem, 74% of Democrats, too.
• Overall, 83% said it is a big problem.

KEY QUOTE FROM THE POLLSTER:

Voters overwhelmingly believe “fake news” is a problem, and a majority agree with former President Donald Trump that the media have become “the enemy of the people.”

BACKGROUND:

• The survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on July 7-8, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports, according to the polling organization.
• “The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence,” Rasmussen said, fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys being conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.