Do You Trust the Government Most of the Time?

The President’s approval rating dropped to the 47% of likely voters last week,  the lowest level of approval in nine months. The following issues are on the voters’ minds: 

• 57% believe that NSA snooping will be used to harass political opponents
• The IRS mess ditto
• The Benghazi mess is still on the mind of voters
• 24% trust the government most of the time
• 31% of voters think it’s right to provide military assistance to Syrian rebels
• Appointment of unqualified persons to high levels in the government
• Supreme Court filled with ivy-leaguers, not representative of the country
• Debt and inflation
• Federal spending 

So just like any other poll, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. These approval rating polls probably accurately depict those who were a part of the poll, but do they represent the voting public? Only the mid-term elections will say for sure.

Here’s my bet. Spending for candidates in the 2014 mid-term election by each party will be very high. Election turnout will be mediocre, and most federal incumbents will be re-elected. Red states will remain red, and Blue states will remain blue. Independent candidates will rarely be elected.

What do you think?

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