American voters believe free market competition will protect Internet users more than government regulation and fear that regulation will be used to push a political agenda.

Rasmussen Reports

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The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 21% of Likely U.S. Voters want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet as it does radio and television. Fifty-four percent (54%) are opposed to such regulation, and 25% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters believe that the FCC would use its regulatory authority to promote a political agenda. Half that number (28%) disagree and believe the commission would regulate in an unbiased manner.

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters say the government’s most important role is to protect their individual rights. Twenty-four percent (24%) believe a government’s primary purpose is to ensure fairness and social justice, while 10% say it’s to manage the economy.

But nearly half (48%) of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights.

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