{"id":637150,"date":"2021-08-12T12:51:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=637150"},"modified":"2021-08-12T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:51:42","slug":"percent-of-americans-wanting-government-to-leave-me-alone-up-by-double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/percent-of-americans-wanting-government-to-leave-me-alone-up-by-double-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Percent Of Americans Wanting Government To \u2018Leave Me Alone\u2019 Up By Double Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fpercent-of-americans-wanting-government-to-leave-me-alone-up-by-double-digits%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=637150&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Biden-15-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A recent poll indicates that the number of Americans who do not desire assistance from the federal government has risen by double digits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The poll \u2014 carried out by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/high-concern-over-higher-prices&#039;\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 shows that Republicans are driving the 11% increase in Americans who want a less involved federal government:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><i><span>Nearly half, 47 percent, say the message they would like to give the federal government is \u201cleave me alone,\u201d up from 36 percent a year ago. On the other side, 44 percent say they would tell the government \u201clend me a hand.\u201d That\u2019s down significantly from 57 percent who felt that way last August.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That shift comes almost completely from Republicans. A year ago, they were more likely to ask the government to \u201cleave me alone\u201d than \u201clend a hand\u201d by a slim 3-point margin (48-45 percent). Now, Republicans are firmly in the back-off camp by 56 points (75-19 percent). Some 69 percent of Democrats would tell the government \u201clend me a hand.\u201d It was 71 percent in 2020.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The poll also revealed that three-quarters of Americans earning less than $50,000 say that rising grocery and gas prices are causing budgetary concerns for their families. Over half of those earning more than $100,000 agree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-harris-approval-ratings-plunge-across-multiple-polls\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported, other recent surveys show declining approval ratings for President Biden and Vice President Harris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A recent Rasmussen poll found that at least 52% of likely voters disapprove of Biden\u2019s work in the White House. 42% said that they \u201cstrongly disapprove\u201d of the Biden presidency, while only 26% said they \u201cstrongly approve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a running graph by YouGovAmerica, Harris\u2019 unpopularity hit 49%, while her popularity hovers at 45%. An Economist\/YouGov poll shows that Harris is particularly unpopular with younger voters \u2014 only 36% of those surveyed in the 18 to 29 demographic view her \u201cfavorably.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An ABC\/Ipsos poll likewise <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/majority-of-americans-shift-from-optimistic-to-pessimistic-about-direction-of-country-mainstream-poll\"><span>shows<\/span><\/a><span> that Americans are shifting toward pessimism during the first months of the Biden administration. According to ABC:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><i><span>A majority <\/span><\/i><span>\u2014<\/span><i><span> 55% <\/span><\/i><span>\u2014<\/span><i><span> of the public say they are pessimistic about the direction of the country, a marked change from the roughly one-third (36%) that said the same in an ABC News\/Ipsos poll published May 2. In the early May survey, Americans were more optimistic than pessimistic by a 28-percentage point margin. Optimism is now under water by 10 points. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, fewer than half <\/span><\/i><span>\u2014 <\/span><i><span>45% <\/span><\/i><span>\u2014 <\/span><i><span>now report feeling optimistic about the way things are going, a significant drop from about two-thirds (64%) in the May poll.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Former Harris staffers recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-white-house-trying-to-stop-narrative-of-vp-kamala-harris-office-as-abusive\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> Politico that her office is \u201can abusive environment\u201d \u2014 a narrative that the Biden administration is seeking to counter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll indicates that the number of Americans who do not desire assistance from the federal government has risen by double digits.The poll \u2014 carried out by Fox News &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637150","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}