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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,406 posts)
Mon May 17, 2021, 08:52 PM May 2021

Americans are more content with the federal government than at any point since 2004, survey finds

Believe it or not, Americans are more content with the federal government that at any point since 2004, a Pew Research Center survey published Monday found.

While a majority of the respondents remain "frustrated" by the government, 29 percent described themselves as "basically content" with it, compared to just 17 percent who are "angry." Last fall, those numbers were 18 and 24 percent, respectively, and it helps to go back even further to really get perspective on the seemingly mild figure; in 2013, only 12 percent of Americans were content with and 30 percent were angry at the government.

Of course, this is the United States in 2021, so the sentiment is highly partisan. The rise appears to be driven by a whopping 34-point increase — 9 to 43 percent — from 2020 among Democrats who consider themselves content now that President Biden is in office. On the flip side, only 13 percent of Republicans feel the same way, though their drop from the days of the Trump administration is not quite as dramatic.

The Pew Research Center survey was conducted among a nationally representative sample of 5,109 adults in the U.S. between April 5-11. The margin of error is 2.1 percentage points. Read the full results here.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-more-content-federal-government-191700930.html

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Americans are more content with the federal government than at any point since 2004, survey finds (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
Joe B is good at helping more people feel content. Competence helps. empedocles May 2021 #1
So people haven't been this content with the Fed's since George W Raine May 2021 #2
And the child tax credit payments haven't hit bank accounts yet. Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #3
Absence makes the heart grow fonder uponit7771 May 2021 #4

Raine

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2. So people haven't been this content with the Fed's since George W
Mon May 17, 2021, 10:37 PM
May 2021

was President 🤔 I don't know what to think about that.

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