# Federal and state prosecutors get low marks from seven-in-ten Americans

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 1 to 11, 2024, 70% of Americans rated the job being done by federal and state prosecutors as fair or poor. This includes 42% who said a fair job and 29% who said a poor job.

About three-in-ten rated the job as excellent or good (30%), with 22% who said a good job and 8% who said an excellent job.

## Topline

How would you rate the job being done by federal and state prosecutors? Would you say they’re doing:

70% of Americans rate federal and state prosecutors as fair or poor.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- A fair job: 41.6%
- A poor job: 28.5%
- A good job: 21.9%
- An excellent job: 8.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.4%
- Module: pol
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#rating-of-federal-and-state-prosecutors](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#rating-of-federal-and-state-prosecutors)

## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#rating-of-federal-and-state-prosecutors](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#rating-of-federal-and-state-prosecutors)