{"id":2387900,"date":"2025-01-08T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drain-the-swamp-yes-61-of-voters-say-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:58:37","slug":"drain-the-swamp-yes-61-of-voters-say-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drain-the-swamp-yes-61-of-voters-say-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Drain the swamp? Yes, 61% of voters say &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrain-the-swamp-yes-61-of-voters-say-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content includes\u2064 an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">interactive element prompting users<\/a> to click a button to read more, accompanied by a header titled &#8220;Drain the swamp? Yes, \u206461% of\u200d voters\u200d say.&#8221; This\u200b indicates\u2063 a meaningful \u2064opinion among\u200b voters regarding political reform or accountability,\u200d suggesting\u2063 that a majority \u2063supports \u200cthe idea of addressing corruption or inefficiency in government. The surrounding structure contains several UI elements, likely for\u2062 navigation and search functions, indicating that\u2064 this\u200c is taken from\u200c a website layout focused on\u2063 political news or commentary, particularly from the Washington Examiner. 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Yes, 61% of voters say<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1928072\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Promises from President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-features\/3224546\/donald-trump-versus-federal-workforce-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3278770\/mike-johnson-reconciliation-bill-circumvent-democrats-debt-limit-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-commits-to-raising-taxes-in-bidens-forthcoming-budget-press-secretary\/\" title=\"White House Commits to Raising Taxes in Biden\u2019s Forthcoming Budget: Press Secretary\">make drastic cuts<\/a> in spending and the costly federal bureaucracy are getting a big thumbs-up from voters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With support from a majority of black voters, Hispanics, and independents, the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/drastic_cuts_most_voters_like_it\" title=\"\">Rasmussen Reports<\/a> survey shared with Secrets on Wednesday found that 61% approve of cutting the size of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Among Republicans, 82% support new cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump ran on promises to &ldquo;drain the swamp&rdquo; and eliminate costly regulations, though he was hard to pin down on cutting spending.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has promised to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trump-preemptively-undercut-bidens-vaccine-mandate-push\/\" title=\"How Trump Preemptively Undercut Biden\u2019s Vaccine Mandate Push\">drastically cut back<\/a> the size and scope of government&rdquo; and &ldquo;create a leaner, faster and more vigorous federal workforce.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And for the first time, there will be a group aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-stuns-by-declaring-elon-musk-is-right\/\" title=\"Bernie Sanders Stuns by Declaring &#039;Elon Musk Is Right&#039;\">cutting government waste<\/a>, the &ldquo;Department of Government Efficiency,&rdquo; set up by Trump and led by business titans Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>Tackling the federal bureaucracy has been a longtime goal of Republicans, going all the way back to former President Ronald Reagan&rsquo;s first term in the early 1980s. Despite promises, the government instead has grown and become more expensive than ever.<\/p>\n<p>The public, however, has said in polls that Washington is less effective.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will enter office in under two weeks promising to cut or eliminate the Department of Education and trim several federal agencies, especially those that are duplicative.<\/p>\n<p>Voters told Rasmussen that while they want cuts, they expect the swamp to win in the end.<\/p>\n<p>According to the survey, By a margin of 49%-44%, voters expect Congress won&rsquo;t OK cuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Reps. Eric Burlison (R-MO) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) offered a plan to eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The plan has been offered in the past and ignored, but Burlison said the goal is to get people to openly consider killing ATF.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important to have the conversation,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3279268\/atf-under-fire-reform-shut-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Burlison told Secrets<\/a>. &ldquo;At the end of the day, a topic like this, the more you talk about it, the more you educate people, the more commonsense it becomes, and then eventually, there becomes a tipping point where you can finally achieve the goal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1928072\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1928072\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rasmussen survey shows 61% of voters support Trump&#8217;s and Johnson&#8217;s plans for significant federal spending cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2387901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24318591955154.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5894,34832,11009,4223,32076],"class_list":["post-2387900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-politics","tag-public-opinion","tag-swamp","tag-voters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24318591955154.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387904,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387900\/revisions\/2387904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}