January 13, 2025: Seventy-three percent (73%) say the U.S. has become somewhat less (36%) or much less (37%) safe over the last four years. A Napolitan News Service national survey conducted by RMG Research found 21% of voters say the U.S. has become much more (7%) or somewhat more (14%) safe.
The survey found that 48% expect the U.S. to become much more (22%) or somewhat more (26%) safe now that Donald Trump has been elected president. Thirty-eight percent (39%) expect the U.S. will become somewhat less (16%) or much less (23%) safe.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on January 6-7, 2025. Fieldwork 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. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Scott Rasmussen is the president of RMG Research, Inc.
Survey questions
Generally speaking, has the U.S. become more or less safe over the past four years?
- 7%-Much more safe
- 14%-Somewhat more safe
- 36%-Somewhat less safe
- 37%-Much less safe
- 7%-Not sure
Now that Donald Trump has been elected president, do you expect the U.S. to become more or less safe?
- 22%-Much more safe
- 26%-Somewhat more safe
- 16%-Somewhat less safe
- 23%-Much less safe
- 13%-Not sure
Scott Rasmussen is founder and president of the Rasmussen Media Group. He is a political analyst, author, public speaker, independent public opinion pollster and a columnist. Read Scott Rasmussen's Reports — More Here.
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