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Wed Oct 13, 2021, 02:09 PM Oct 2021

Did the pandemic restore our faith in government? Survey says YES.

Did the pandemic restore our faith in government?

Who helped the most?
The American Family Survey, now in its seventh year, measures how American families live, love and prosper or succeed amid current events.
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The federal government had the highest helpful rating at 54%, followed by state and local governments at 47%.
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In the American Family Survey, there was a bigger increase in the number of Democrats who rated government as helpful. “This was true across all demographic groups, and I don’t have an answer for that. Everyone was just happier,” said Jeremy Pope, a political science professor at Brigham Young University and co-investigator of the survey.

The survey also polled Americans about stimulus checks and found that large majorities had received checks and said they needed them to get by. This could help explain the favorable feelings people have about the federal government, even among people who didn’t receive one.


“The federal government worked with the private sector to create a vaccine, very quickly. I think that is missed a lot of times, that this was something of a miracle in government and business coming together to solve a problem,” he said, adding that he can confirm increased approval of government in his own city.

“I’ve seen polling lately about confidence in our local city government, and it’s very high, higher than it’s been in some time,” Brainard said. - Deseret News


For me, two names come to mind, Joseph R. Biden & Nancy Pelosi.

Elect democrats!
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Did the pandemic restore our faith in government? Survey says YES. (Original Post) ffr Oct 2021 OP
Well there's a piece of good news. The maga idiots can say what they want. The stats don't lie PortTack Oct 2021 #1
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