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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Poll shows 62% of Americans say government has too much power

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

So people think the government has too much power,

0:05.0

but it really kind of depends on

0:09.0

if it's the government they like.

0:11.0

Let's make some sense of it.

0:13.0

It's Kennelly Casey Show.

0:14.0

I'm Rob Casey's in this afternoon for Hammer and Nigel,

0:17.0

Ethan Hatcher from Saturday Night on the Circle in for Casey.

0:20.0

And by the way, coming up here in just a little bit, we're going to take a huge, huge show risk. We're going to turn the show over to you, the listeners. We're going to get some of your phone calls on how you're feeling about redistricting. I want to know, does it matter to you? Is it something that's a priority to you? If it is a priority for you, how do you feel about it one way or another?

0:38.7

That'd be interesting to try to get a sort of a gauge because the polling, the public polling, is overwhelmingly against it.

0:45.3

But I also recognize it may not be an exact reflection of our audience.

0:49.3

So we'll tee that up for you here in just a little bit and take your phone calls.

0:52.3

But first, new poll out. This was

0:54.6

Gallup, pretty well known, respected polling institution, says that the Hill, by the way, has

1:00.8

the full article on this. The 62 percent, that's a record number of Americans, say the federal

1:06.0

government has too much power, the highest since the tracking began in 2001. That is up dramatically,

1:13.7

Ethan, from just last year, where 51% said they believe the federal government had too

1:20.1

much power. Now, I'm floored that as of last year, just 51% of the public, but the federal government had too much power.

1:28.6

What's interesting about this, though, is how the percentages change based on who's in office.

1:37.5

Well, that tells all the story there.

1:39.1

So among Democrats, for example, last year it was 25%.

1:45.1

This year, it's 66%.

1:48.8

Among Republicans, last year, it was 75%.

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