“Good Enough for Government Work”
“Good Enough for Government Work”
This chapter examines public opinion in America towards government performance. As the data show, over the past several decades, a majority of citizens have come to believe that government is wasteful and inefficient, and that the public sector is incapable of offering services that are equivalent to or better than what the private market can provide. When social problems arise, Americans are therefore skeptical that government has the ability to effectively respond. One striking feature of these beliefs about government is that they span the partisan divide. Despite deep ideological differences between members of the two major political parties in America today, both Democrats and Republicans hold consistently gloomy views of government.
Keywords: Public opinion, political attitudes, polarization, partisanship, government waste
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