lotstodo
aka "The Jackal"
For the past seven years, a period covering the final two years of the Bush administration and President Obama’s first term, no more than about three-in-ten Americans have said they trust the federal government to do the right thing always or most of the time.
Since Barack Obama’s first year in office, public assessments of the federal government dropped nine points, according to our April 2012 survey. Most of the change was among Democrats and independents, as the level of favorable views of government among Republicans was already low.
Currently, Americans say by a 56 to 35% margin that they prefer a smaller government providing fewer services than a bigger one, according to our Sept. 2012 survey. These opinions have changed little over the course of Barack Obama’s presidency, although the margin did narrow in 2008. There was a substantial partisan divide on this question: 87% of Republicans favored the smaller government option compared to 28% of Democrats. Conversely, Democrats preferred bigger government over a smaller one by a 60% to 11% margin over Republicans. Independents favored a smaller government over a bigger one by 65% to 27%.
This is what the political fight is all about, and the minority is winning. That has to change, and the conservatives have to get better at talking to this point that resonates with 7 in 10 people.
http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/03/09/views-of-government-key-data-points/
Since Barack Obama’s first year in office, public assessments of the federal government dropped nine points, according to our April 2012 survey. Most of the change was among Democrats and independents, as the level of favorable views of government among Republicans was already low.
Currently, Americans say by a 56 to 35% margin that they prefer a smaller government providing fewer services than a bigger one, according to our Sept. 2012 survey. These opinions have changed little over the course of Barack Obama’s presidency, although the margin did narrow in 2008. There was a substantial partisan divide on this question: 87% of Republicans favored the smaller government option compared to 28% of Democrats. Conversely, Democrats preferred bigger government over a smaller one by a 60% to 11% margin over Republicans. Independents favored a smaller government over a bigger one by 65% to 27%.
This is what the political fight is all about, and the minority is winning. That has to change, and the conservatives have to get better at talking to this point that resonates with 7 in 10 people.
http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/03/09/views-of-government-key-data-points/