Poll: Americans see big government as the biggest threat to our future

Hotair.com ^ | 12/27/2015 | Matt Vespa

[JSDude1]

Shocker! Gallup finds that 69 percent of Americans view big government as the biggest threat in the future. The figure is slightly down from 2013, where it stood at 72 percent. For those “Feeling the Bern,” we regret to inform you that only 25 percent feel that big business is a threat, followed by big labor at six percent. Another interesting aspect is the number of Democrats and Independent voters who also feel big government is a problem.

Of course, almost every Republican–88 percent–agrees that big government poses the biggest threat to the country. But 53 percent of Democrats feel the same way, along with 67 percent of Independents. That’s a double-digit gain from 2009-10, where only 32 percent of Democrats felt we should fear our government’s power. Maybe that was before the gears of Obamacare started to move.

Nevertheless, it’s interesting that the party who pushed through Obamacare, the epitome of big government policy, and one that thinks more government power concentrated in Washington would strengthen the socioeconomic fabric of the country feels that big government is our greatest threat.

[JSDude1]

Potential Republican voters -if Republicans would keep their word as the "party of small government"?

[Diogenesis]

The GOP is the enemy of the American people.

They are liars, and protectors of Treason,
every single day. EVERY SINGLE DAY.

[justa-hairyape]

Big government and big death. You cannot have one without the other.

[Graybeard58]

Hellary is the biggest threat to Americas future.

(avoiding apostrophes and quotation marks since Dec.27, 2015)

[JSDude1]

What about the COMMIEcrats?

[txrefugee]

Who says Americans are stupid...other than those on “Watter’s World”?
With such a well-founded distrust of anything the lying government tells them, Hillary, Queen of Liars, will have a difficult time convincing voters to trust her with their future.

[hal ogen]

Liars...and traitors.

[SpaceBar]

A police state is the free prize in every box of failed immigration policy.

[unixfox]

It’s not just BIG government, it’s ALL government.

We could shut down 90% of all government and none of it would be missed. Except that from which the parasites feed upon.

[dragnet2]

I concur.

It was those in government who grew government, supported lawless violent open borders, destabilized the entire Mideast, looted trillions in American treasure, off shored millions of American jobs and winked and nodded as entire industries sailed off to shore while flooding the U.S. with millions of low wage illegals.

Like Trump said, we have terrible corrupt stupid leadership, from top to bottom.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

"Gallup finds that 69 percent of Americans view big government as the biggest threat in the future."

69% would mean that there are some democrats that suspect the g0vt of evil.

[Envisioning]

And adjust our federal income tax to its proper percentage somewhere around 3% instead of 30%! Talk about getting the economy booming!

[dragnet2]

It would be hard to miss even for those drooling in cups.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s not just BIG government, it’s ALL government.

Agree. State and local governments are becoming about obnoxious and threatening as the federal government already is. It appears that the Kenyan boy is going to try to back door the Second Amendment by using the lowly, bottomfeeding, state government politicians.

[Awgie]

When you put the foxes in charge of the hen house, you soon have no chickens. When you over squeeze the golden goose, she stops laying...

I know there's a BigGov connection there, I just cant come up with it right now...

[M-cubed]

We could shut down 90% of all government and none of it would be missed. Except that from which the parasites feed upon.<<<

Shuuuuh!...When we all work for the Govt....its called COMMUNISM!

[FourPeas]

The problem with this is Dems, GOP & Independents like some of the Big Government. The parts that benefit them. Whether it's farm subsidies, medicare, barrycare, student loans, net neutrality or whatever, each group has its own pet Big Government that it thinks is OK. It's the other guy's Big Government that's the problem.

[Oceander]

The problem with this is Dems, GOP & Independents like some of the Big Government. The parts that benefit them. Whether it's farm subsidies, medicare, barrycare, student loans, net neutrality or whatever, each group has its own pet Big Government that it thinks is OK. It's the other guy's Big Government that's the problem.

Absolutely! The hardest job for any leader/politician in this context is not explaining to the other guy's supporters why their programs should be cut, but explaining to your own supporters why their programs should be cut.

[GrouchoTex]

No more Cult Personality candidates, no Obama, no Trump

[Organic Panic]

The only solution is to have a huge government program to convince us that ‘they’ are our friends. A “Big Brother” if you will.