WASHINGTON (AP) — As the first voting nears in the presidential race, most Americans have little to no confidence in the federal government to confront what they see as the country's most important priorities, according to a national survey. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, conducted in December, found more than 6 in 10 respondents expressed only slight confidence — or none at all — that the federal government can make progress on the problems facing the nation in 2016. Terrorism edged health care as the issue most often mentioned — each by about one-third of those questioned — when people were asked to volunteer the issues they believe Washington should address this election year. Perhaps most vexing for the dozen or so candidates trying to succeed President Barack Obama, the poll indicates widespread skepticism about the government's ability to solve problems, with no significant difference in the outlook between Republicans and Democrats. One-fifth of Republicans mentioned the federal budget deficit, compared with less than a one-tenth of Democrats, with a similar divide on the importance of taxes. Democrats were more likely to consider guns as public policy priority, along with education, crime, racial problems, the environment and climate change. The GOP field, led by boisterous candidates such as Donald Trump and Texas Sen.
Ap Poll: Public Doubts Washington's Problem-solving Ability
By BILL BARROW and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Sat, 01/23/2016 - 8:46am
Topics: washington ap americans the associated press-norc center public affairs research december terrorism president barack obama one-fifth the gop donald trump texas sen ted cruz u.s democratic secretary state hillary clinton sen bernie sanders washington as the obama republicans democrats poll ability federal candidates problems government mentioned national confidence
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