Posted on 03/30/2021 7:25:27 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Last week, I noted that 83% of voters share my belief that America’s founding ideals are worth fighting for. On top of that, 85% think it’s accurate to describe America’s founding ideals as freedom, equality and self-governance. Seventy-three percent believe those ideals provide a good foundation for bringing people together and unifying the nation.
Unfortunately, though, just 30% of voters say our nation is doing a good or an excellent job of living up to those ideals. Even worse, looking forward a generation or so, only a third of voters (33%) believe we’ll draw closer to living out those noble ideals.
One reason for the pessimism is that just 53% of voters think most Americans believe in those ideals. Think about that for a moment. Eighty-three percent (83%) of voters believe that the founding ideals are worth fighting for, but just 53% think most Americans support those ideals.
A bigger factor, however, may be that just 34% think the federal government supports the ideals of freedom, equality and self-government. Forty-three percent (43%) do not and 23% are not sure.....
It’s important to note that there is a pretty significant partisan divide on this question. By a 57% to 24% margin, Republicans believe that the federal government does not support the nation’s founding ideals. Independents are nearly as skeptical: 49% say the federal government doesn’t support those ideals. Just 22% take the more optimistic view.
Democrats, on the other hand, are more confident about the feds. By a 55% to 24% margin, those in President Joe Biden’s party believe the government does support the founding ideals....
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I trust the federal government 100%...to do the wrong thing 100% of the time.
It wasn’t like that under President Trump. I trusted them to do the wrong thing only 75% of the time when he was POTUS.
I trust Government less than I trust polls
Rabid, not rapid.
I don’t know how I feel about fast raccoons.
Which government?
Depends on if they’re trying to beat you to the garbage cans.
How about a poll, conducted by the Government?
Those are the worst!! Just look at what they did with the poll in November. LOL
Neil Boortz would challenge his audience to find one thing that the US government did really well other than to prevent and repel foreign invasion (the original mission, for which it had a very good track record). Of course, it doesn’t do that very well anymore either.
I trust this government to keep taking away our American liberties, our money and property, our independence, and our defenses.
Boo got shot.
Zero!!
Does negative infinity sound too trusting?
I no longer have a party, and I will never trust the government.
Not at all.
If there was a boat headed to the New World, I would be on it.
Lol I remember that! Royal was a hoot! May he R.I.P.
I recall years ago the government was not the topic of daily conversation. Decades ago government seemed mostly to operate in the background...Ya paid reasonable taxes and that was about it. Politics didn’t consume the population. Now government is this gargantuan, over powering, controlling, punitive faction. They operate like it’s them against us, constantly wanting to eliminate freedoms, increase taxes, regulations, open the borders to gawd knows who et al. They lie, attempt to overthrow legitimately elected presidents and they clearly aid and abet massive election fraud.
Yes, good times listening to them.
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