Toplines - Ohio Train - February 21-23, 2023

National Survey of 1,000 American Adults
Conducted February 21-23, 2023
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Earlier this month, a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals and causing concerns about contamination. How closely have you followed news reports about this train derailment in Ohio?

49% Very closely

33% Somewhat closely

13% Not very closely

  4% Not at all

  1% Not sure

2* How would you rate the federal government’s response to the Ohio train derailment?

10% Excellent

20% Good

16% Fair

46% Poor

  9% Not sure

3* The federal Environmental Protection Agency has said tests “show no water quality concerns” in East Palestine. If you lived near the site where the train derailed, how safe would you feel drinking the water?

  9% Very safe

14% Somewhat safe

24% Not very safe

47% Not at all safe

  6% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence