Poll: 75% Of Americans Unhappy With Government’s Current Policies

Call this “the tea party effect.”

Voters are madder than ever at the current policies of the federal government.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 75% of likely voters now say they are at least somewhat angry at the government’s current policies, up four points from late November and up nine points since September. The overall figures include 45% who are Very Angry, also a nine-point increase since September.
Just 19% now say they’re not very or not at all angry at the government’s policies, down eight points from the previous survey and down 11 from September. That 19% includes only eight percent (8%) who say they’re not angry at all and 11% who are not very angry.

What’s probably true is that this 75% of poll respondents are dissatisfied with the government for a lot of different reasons. Perhaps even entirely divergent reasons. But they’re unhappy nonetheless, perhaps not just because of the policies being implemented (though that’s obviously a big part of it) but also because of the way the country is being governed.
I don’t think Americans feel like the politicians care what they think. They push on with unpopular legislation despite public opinion polls and marches in the street being against them. All the voter fraud issues (ACORN, and the Obama administration’s refusal to prosecute voter intimidation in Pennsylvania) is also making them think like their votes don’t even matter.
And the arrogance of politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Harry Reid who are so transparent in their deceptions and duplicity has made it clear that they not only have little respect for “the will of the people,” they’re barely going through the motions of pretending they have that respect.
Again, this isn’t just about the issues. This is about the way the country is being governed as well.