“Sixty-two percent of Americans say the federal government has too much power, with most of the rest saying the government’s power is about right. This latest reading, the first in Donald Trump’s second term, is up from 51 percent a year ago and is the highest in Gallup’s trend since 2002, by two percentage points. The prior high was 60 percent, recorded during Barack Obama’s second term, in 2013 and 2015. The current figure is also well above the 53 percent average ‘too much power’ reading since Gallup first asked the question in 2002,” says the findings from a new Gallup survey.
Naturally there’s a partisan bent even as the flip was disproportionate: “The uptick this year in views that the government has too much power reflects shifts among partisan groups. Democrats (and Democratic-leaning independents) have become much more likely to say the government has too much power, surging to 66 percent from 25 percent in the past year. Republicans have moved in the opposite direction, but to a lesser degree, falling to 58 percent from 75 percent last year.”