The experts compared data since 2003 to 2015 and noted the rise of the U.S. citizens’ discontent with their authorities.
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A recent national poll conducted by Gallup that Many Americans are concerned over the threat to freedom posed by the federal government.
The biggest concern from voters is the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy, with 19 percent saying it is too vast.Another 15 percent of respondents worry the federal government is also violating too many civil liberties and personal freedoms belonging to everyday Americans/The Hill.
Forty-nine percent of Americans said the federal government poses “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” according to the Gallup survey, which is up from 46 percent in 2013 and equal to the percentage who said so in 2011.
Twelve percent cited the Second Amendment and 10 percent said there was “too much involvement in people’s private lives”. Many poll respondents agreed with the statement that there were too many laws in the United States. In total, 65 percent of Republicans or independents who lean Republican believe the government is a threat. A look at the smaller number of Democrats who feel the government poses an immediate threat shows that their responses are generally similar to Republicans, with some exceptions.
But two findings mitigate against this type of more dramatic interpretation. These numbers come from a Gallup survey released on Monday.
Gallup reports that the level of concern about the threat of the federal government has remained relatively steady over that past five years.
Is the most risky country in the world the United States of America? Plus, numerous other measures show that the people give their government some of the lowest approval and trust ratings in the measures’ history.
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“The role and power of government remains a key issue of our time,” Gallup researchers concluded. The survey has a 4 percent margin of error and a 95 percent confidence level.
