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Thursday, March 05, 2009
George Lakoff, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, recently stated that “the moral mission of government is simple: no one can earn a living in America or live an American life without protection and empowerment by the government.”
Thirty-four percent (34%) of voters nationwide agree with Lakoff’s assertion while 46% disagree in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty percent (20%) are not sure.
Half (51%) of Democrats agree with the professor while Republicans and unaffiliated voters strongly disagree. Republicans reject Lakoff’s statement by a 3-to-1 margin, unaffiliateds by a 2-to-1 margin.
Lakoff made the statement in “The Obama Code,” published on the influential left-leaning website, fivethirtyeight.com. The article was published in advance of President Obama’s speech to Congress last week and suggested that the speech would present “a vision of America—a moral vision and a view of unity that the pundits often miss.”
Rasmussen Reports is testing public reaction to a series of quotes made by newsmakers recently. Yesterday, data was released showing that just 11% of Americans agreed with the statement that “Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party. He says jump, and they say how high.” That statement came from Brad Woodhouse, president of the liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change, which is running television ads nationwide criticizing Limbaugh's ties to the GOP.
As for Lakoff’s comments, Americans under 30 are more supportive than their elders. Women are fairly evenly divided while men are less enthusiastic.
Fifty percent (50%) of liberals agree with Lakoff while 60% of conservatives disagree. Government workers are evenly divided while those who work in the private sector are more likely to disagree with Lakoff.
Late last month in a survey, 59% of U.S. voters said they agreed with Ronald Reagan's 1980 Inauguration Day statement that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
But given the unprecedented peacetime government spending proposed by the Obama Administration in hopes of righting the economy, it's not surprising that 37% of Americans now say it is better to work for the government than in the private sector. That marks a significant change from just five years ago when the trend was away from government and toward entrepreneurship and self-employment.
Rasmussen Reports™: The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Site.
George Lakoff, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, recently stated that “the moral mission of government is simple: no one can earn a living in America or live an American life without protection and empowerment by the government.”
Thirty-four percent (34%) of voters nationwide agree with Lakoff’s assertion while 46% disagree in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty percent (20%) are not sure.
Half (51%) of Democrats agree with the professor while Republicans and unaffiliated voters strongly disagree. Republicans reject Lakoff’s statement by a 3-to-1 margin, unaffiliateds by a 2-to-1 margin.
Lakoff made the statement in “The Obama Code,” published on the influential left-leaning website, fivethirtyeight.com. The article was published in advance of President Obama’s speech to Congress last week and suggested that the speech would present “a vision of America—a moral vision and a view of unity that the pundits often miss.”
Rasmussen Reports is testing public reaction to a series of quotes made by newsmakers recently. Yesterday, data was released showing that just 11% of Americans agreed with the statement that “Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party. He says jump, and they say how high.” That statement came from Brad Woodhouse, president of the liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change, which is running television ads nationwide criticizing Limbaugh's ties to the GOP.
As for Lakoff’s comments, Americans under 30 are more supportive than their elders. Women are fairly evenly divided while men are less enthusiastic.
Fifty percent (50%) of liberals agree with Lakoff while 60% of conservatives disagree. Government workers are evenly divided while those who work in the private sector are more likely to disagree with Lakoff.
Late last month in a survey, 59% of U.S. voters said they agreed with Ronald Reagan's 1980 Inauguration Day statement that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
But given the unprecedented peacetime government spending proposed by the Obama Administration in hopes of righting the economy, it's not surprising that 37% of Americans now say it is better to work for the government than in the private sector. That marks a significant change from just five years ago when the trend was away from government and toward entrepreneurship and self-employment.
Rasmussen Reports™: The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Site.
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