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Rasmussen
What
They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday,
June 14, 2014
Generic
Congressional Ballot: Democrats 41%, Republicans 37%
30%
Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Investors
Hold Mixed Views of Current Economy
68%
consider fatherhood a man’s most important job
Fortunately
for us, the Founding Fathers weren’t worried about offending the
British, and we still enjoy the resulting freedoms to this day. Or do
we? A surprising number of Americans aren’t so sure.
Mozilla
CEO Brendan Eich's recent forced resignation over a political
contribution he made three years ago in support of traditional
marriage prompted even leading gay columnist Andrew Sullivan to say
political correctness has gone too far. Only 22% of Americans think
we have true freedom of speech today. Seventy-four percent (74%)
think instead that Americans have to be careful not to say something
politically incorrect to avoid getting in trouble.
Sixty-two
percent (62%) worry, too, that school textbooks today are more
concerned with presenting information in a politically correct manner
than accurately providing information to students.
While
most Americans are concerned about so-called hate speech, just 29%
think a ban on such speech is a good idea. Eighty-two percent (82%)
think it is more important to give people the right to free speech
than it is to make sure no one is offended by what others say.
But
54% of voters now consider the federal government a threat to
individual liberty rather than a protector.
Forty-two
percent (42%) of Americans think most people who get involved in
politics do so to protect themselves from what the government might
do. Slightly fewer (39%) think most turn to politics to make the
country a better place. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure.
Just
19% think the government today has the consent of the governed.
The
federal Environmental Protection Agency is pressing forward on its
own with new restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions from power
plants, mostly ones fuelled by coal. Yet while most voters (57%)
approve of the EPA’s new regulations, just 30% think the agency
should be able to move ahead on energy controls like this without
Congress’ approval.
Most
voters also continue to have an unfavorable opinion of the new
national health care law. Only 16% say they personally have been
helped by the law, while 31% say they have hurt by it instead...
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