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Where Are We Going – Trends from 1994 to 2007, Government, Trust and Political Participation

Survey Results, Section 6 –
GOVERNMENT, TRUST AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

Summarized below are the major findings from section 6 of the Pew Research survey, Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007.

Relative to the public’s satisfaction with their government, the survey stated, “While public satisfaction with government and elected officials has ebbed and flowed over the past two decades, the current trend is one of growing frustration and criticism. A good deal of this dissatisfaction comes from Democrats, whose views largely reflect their judgments of the current administration. By comparison, in the mid-1990s Republicans were considerably more critical of government and politicians than were Democrats.”

 

If the gov’t does it –
It’s inefficient and wasteful
Agreement 1994 2002 2007
Agree 69% 53% 62%
Disagree 30% 43% 34%

 

Elected officials care about –
What I think …
Agreement 1994 2002 2007
Agree 33% 44% 34%
Disagree 66% 52% 62%

 

Notice how the Democrats
have taken the lead.

 

The next two charts show
how out of sync Republicans are

 

Notice how the one below shows how the Independents
gave us Republicans in 1994 and Democrats in 2007.

 

My vote gives me a say –
That’s what I vote
Party 1994 2002 2007
Republican 68% 81% 82%
Democrat 70% 71% 70%
Independent 64% 68% 68%
Andy Hailey

Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, kid of a WWII WASP, Vet for Peace, universist, web admin, blogger - helping to expose America’s growing Authoritarianism. BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/the-wawg-blog.org

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