Americans Don’t Much Like Federal Agencies

October 16, 2023

Yet another year of low ratings for the apparatus of the D.C. leviathan.

by J.D. Tuccille Reason.com

This will be a shocker, I know, but with rare exception, Americans don’t think very highly of the federal government. When asked their opinions of 16 different prominent federal agencies, members of the public are more likely to voice negative sentiments than positive ones for about three-quarters of them. Can you guess who gets the most hate? (Hint: it has something to do with April 15.)

Years of Low Ratings for Federal Agencies

“Of 16 federal government agencies and departments included in the latest Gallup survey, just four receive positive job-performance ratings from a majority of Americans, making 2023 the third consecutive year of relatively low readings,” reports Gallup. “The U.S. Postal Service (62%), the Secret Service (55%), the Department of Defense (53%) and NASA (52%) are each evaluated as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ by more than half of U.S. adults.”