{"id":19393,"date":"2012-08-14T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/few-americans-have-a-favorable-opinion-of-the-federal-government\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:59","slug":"few-americans-have-a-favorable-opinion-of-the-federal-government","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2012\/08\/14\/few-americans-have-a-favorable-opinion-of-the-federal-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Few Americans Have a Favorable Opinion of the Federal Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a big gap in the number of Americans who view the federal government favorably compared to state and local governments.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a third of Americans have a favorable opinion of the federal government, the lowest positive rating in 15 years. Yet 61% regard their local governments favorably and 52% have a positive view of their state governments \u2014 making the gap between favorable ratings of the federal government and state and local governments wider than ever.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten years ago, roughly two-thirds of Americans offered favorable assessments of all three levels of government: federal, state and local.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just over half (51%) of Democrats have a favorable opinion of the federal government in Washington, compared with 27% of independents and just 20% of Republicans. This contrasts with partisan views of the federal government when George W. Bush was president. As recently as 2008, Republicans held a more favorable opinion of the federal government in Washington (53%) than did Democrats (29%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Barack Obama\u2019s first year in office, public assessments of the federal government have dropped nine-points, with most of the change among Democrats and independents. <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/04\/26\/growing-gap-in-favorable-views-of-federal-state-governments\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 33% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the federal government, the lowest positive rating in 15 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