48% of Americans see U.S. government as threat to freedom

Nearly half of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Adults see the government today as a threat to rights. Thirty-seven percent (37%) hold the opposite view. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.

Most Republicans (74%) and unaffiliateds (51%) consider the government to be a threat to individual rights. Most Democrats (64%) regard the government as a protector of rights.

Additionally, most Americans (52%) say it is more important for the government to protect individual rights than to promote economic growth. Just 31% say promoting economic growth is more important. But again a sizable number (17%) of Adults aren't sure which is more important.

Men strongly believe it is more important for the government to protect individual rights, while women are almost evenly divided on the question.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of whites feel the emphasis should be on protecting individual rights. African-Americans are closely divided over which is more important.

Full report: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...rnment_today_as_a_threat_to_individual_rights

 

Please ... Rasmussen puts out some of the most biased poll "questions" ever. Alert me to a real pollster, not some right-wing fucktard who was on the payroll of the Bush 2004 campaign.

 

That 48% represents most Republican or conservative voters; the country is roughly spit between GOP and Democratic supporters.

Whenever there's a Democratic POTUS, the right-wingers always think the country is the slide towards a communist dictatorship. Throw an additional monkey wrench in this scenario by having a Black president, and these folks get so hysterical:smt076 until they need anti-psychosis meds and electro-shock therapy!!:smt026

 

Yup. These people have been talking about making a right-wing "white homeland" in the Northwest for years, PLEASE go to it and quit whining.