Voters continue to strongly hold attitudes and beliefs that are considered controversial or oppose by those in official Washington.
- 84% believe it would be a good idea to place term limits on members of Congress.
- 75% agree that “America was founded on the ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance. Our nation has a tragic history of racial injustice, but we have made and continue to make progress.”
- 75% believe the federal government is a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests.
- 74% agree that “Equality of opportunity is a fundamental American principle; equality of outcome is not.”
- When it comes to making important decisions about the nation’s future, 69% trust everyday Americans more than government leaders.
- 67% recognize that just about all positive change in America begins outside of America’s political system.
- 68% think it is better when governing decisions are made by state and local governments rather than the federal government.
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Question:
Please Let me know if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:
It would be a good idea to place term limits on members of Congress.
59% Strongly approve
25% Somewhat approve
5% Somewhat disapprove
2% Strongly disapprove
9% Not sure
Equality of opportunity is a fundamental American principle; equality of outcome is not.
38% Strongly approve
36% Somewhat approve
9% Somewhat disapprove
4% Strongly disapprove
13% Not sure
America was founded on the ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance. Our nation has a tragic history of racial injustice, but we have made and continue to make progress.
36% Strongly approve
39% Somewhat approve
14% Somewhat disapprove
5% Strongly disapprove
6% Not sure
Just about all positive change in America begins outside of America’s political system.
31% Strongly approve
36% Somewhat approve
11% Somewhat disapprove
5% Strongly disapprove
17% Not sure
The federal government is a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests.
42% Strongly approve
33% Somewhat approve
12% Somewhat disapprove
4% Strongly disapprove
8% Not sure
When it comes to making important decisions about the nation’s future, I trust everyday Americans more than government leaders.
39% Strongly approve
30% Somewhat approve
16% Somewhat disapprove
4% Strongly disapprove
11% Not sure
It is better when governing decisions are made by state and local governments rather than the federal government
29% Strongly approve
39% Somewhat approve
13% Somewhat disapprove
4% Strongly disapprove
16% Not sure
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on November 17-18, 2021. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.