minimal government is the goal On Jun 30, 5:10 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Most Americans Fear A Government That Is Too PowerfulWednesday, June 29, 2011 > As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, more Americans than > ever see danger in a government that is too powerful. > A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that two-out-of-three > Adults (66%) think the bigger danger in the world today is a government that > is too powerful rather than a government that is not powerful enough. Just > 17% say the larger problem is a government that's not powerful enough. > Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording,click > here.) > The number of Americans who see more danger in a government with too much > power is up several points from findings in surveys back toJune 2008. > Over half (53%) of Americans now believe thefederal government is more of a > threatto individual rights than a protector. Just 23% of voters think the > federal government now has theconsent of the governed.(Want afree daily > e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports > updates are also available onTwitterorFacebook. > The national survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on June 23-24, 2011 by > Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points > with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys > is conducted byPulse Opinion Research, LLC. Seemethodology. > Eighty-four percent (84%) of Republicans and 72% of Americans not affiliated > with either major political party feel the bigger danger in the world today > is a government that is too powerful, but that view is shared by just 41% of > Democrats. > However, most voters across all demographic categories agree that a > government with too much power is the bigger danger today. Even 64% of > government employees feel that way. > Separate polling finds that45% of U.S. voters agree with the following > statement: The gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and > politicians who want to rule over them is now as big as the gap between the > American colonies and England during the 18thCentury. > Sixty-nine percent (69%) remain at least somewhatangry with the current > policies of the federal government, including 38% who are Very Angry.Voter > approval of Congress' job performancehas fallen to a near five-year low. > A generic Republican candidate now holds a four-point lead over President > Obama ina hypothetical 2012 election matchup. It's a fifth week in a row > that the GOP candidate has been ahead and the widest gap between the > candidates to date.Additional informationfrom this survey and afull > demographic breakdownare available toPlatinum > Membersonly. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2011/most_americans_fear_a_government_that_is_too_powerful
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