Americans are less than thrilled with the way government functions, and the character of those in charge:
A shocking finding from a recent Gallup survey explains a great deal of the turmoil rolling through the Presidential contest.
A staggering 75 percent of Americans say that “corruption is widespread throughout the government.” The number saying the government is corrupt is up dramatically, almost 10 points, since Barack Obama took office.
This isn’t just the cynicism of technophile citizens in the developed world. The number of Americans who view the government as corrupt is almost twice the number of Germans who believe their government is dirty. Residents of most developed European countries, in fact, have much more favorable views about corruption in their governments.
Unsurprisingly, Americans are also upset about this.
Last week, Breitbart News reported on a recent CNN poll that found a strong majority of Americans dissatisfied and angry with the way the country is being governed. As Caroline May wrote:
As CNN reports, the new survey found that 75 percent of Americans say they are “dissatisfied” with the way the nation is being governed and 69 percent are “somewhat angry” about the way things are going in the country.
While majorities on both sides of the political aisle express those sentiments, according to the CNN poll, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to be dissatisfied and angry with the country’s governance with 90 percent of Republicans expressing dissatisfaction and 82 percent saying they are angry.
May pointed out that this sentiment was most pronounced among supporters of Donald Trump. Almost universally, 97 percent, Trump supporters said they were dissatisfied with government in American and 91 percent reported they were “angry” about it.
This is an opportunity for conservatives to make the case that it’s not the people in government that’s the problem, but the nature of government that’s the problem. Unfortunately, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio both seem to be running as candidates who are confident that they can make government work. Perhaps a shift by both would go a long way towards furthering their candidacy against Hillary Clinton, whose entire career is based on warping government to meet her corrupt ends.
AAN Staff
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