In the wake of the Federal Communications Commission's vote to approve net neutrality rules, only 21 percent of people recently polled by Rasmussen said the agency should be handling Internet regulation.

Of the 1,000 "likely voters" Rasmussen questioned last week, 54 percent oppose FCC efforts to regulate the Web, while another 25 percent are unsure. About 56 percent believe the FCC will use its authority on the issue to push a political agenda. About 28 percent said they believe the FCC would regulate in an unbiased manner.

Republicans and independent voters were overwhelmingly opposed to the FCC's net neutrality rules, Rasmussen said. Avid Internet users were most opposed to the regulations. Democrats were more evenly divided; about 46 percent thought more regulation was a better approach than free market competition.

That being said, Rasmussen found that only 20 percent of those polled were following the net neutrality debate very closely. About 35 percent said they were following it somewhat closely.

Earlier this month, the FCC approved net neutrality rules along party lines. The order provides three high-level rules: transparency; no blocking; and no unreasonable discrimination. The order received support from Chairman Julius Genachowski and Democratic commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn, but was not approved by Republican commissioners Robert McDowell and Meredith A. Baker.

Republicans in Congress quickly promised to take down the FCC's rules in the next Congress, when they will be in control of the House.

For more details, see PCMag's guide to What the FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Mean for You.