CNN Poll: Majority think government poses threat to citizens' rights

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us
> Date: February 28, 2010 5:59:27 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: CNN Poll: Majority think government poses threat to  
> citizens' rights

> Dave
>
> This poll leads to a sense of foreboding.
>
> Some of us believe the Big Gummint poses a threat because of  
> remnants of the
> previous Administration, and some believe it poses a threat because  
> of the current
> Administration.
>
> I'm no Thomas Paine, but these *are* the times that try men's souls.
>
> Bob
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> CNN Poll: Majority think government poses threat to citizens' rights
> From Paul Steinhauser, CNN Deputy Political Director
> February 26, 2010 7:54 a.m. EST
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/26/citizens.rights.poll/index.html?eref=rss_politics
>
> Washington (CNN) -- A majority of Americans think the federal  
> government poses a
> threat to the rights of Americans, according to a new national poll.
>
> Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research  
> Corporation survey
> released Friday say they think the federal government has become so  
> large and
> powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and  
> freedoms of ordinary
> citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.
>
> The survey indicates a partisan divide on the question: Only 37  
> percent of
> Democrats, 63 percent of independents and nearly seven in 10  
> Republicans say the
> federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans.
>
> According to CNN poll numbers released Sunday, Americans  
> overwhelmingly think that
> the U.S. government is broken, though the public overwhelmingly  
> holds out hope that
> what's broken can be fixed.
>
> The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted February  
> 12-15, with 1,023
> adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error  
> is plus or
> minus 3 percentage points for the overall survey.



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