Clashing Visions: Republican-Democrat rift over U.S. government agencies

March 2023 saw the unveiling of intriguing survey findings by the Pew Research Center. Conducted among over ten thousand Americans, the poll delved into public perceptions of 16 federal government agencies, yielding unexpected results.

Most Americans had a favorable view of most agencies but the data revealed a partisan divide in how Democrats and Republicans viewed certain government institutions. Let’s take a look at how Americans viewed each of the sixteen government agencies.

“There are wide partisan gaps in Americans’ views of federal agencies. Democrats and those who lean toward the Democratic Party [held] consistently favorable views of all 16 agencies asked about,” Pew’s J. Baxter Oliphant AND Andy Cerda noted. 

On the other hand, Oliphant and Cerda added that “Republicans and those who lean toward the Republican Party [expressed] more unfavorable than favorable views for 10 of the agencies.”

It is important to note that the data on Democratic and Republican favorability includes the answers from respondents who identify themselves as either leaning Democrat or leaning Republican according to a review of the data by the Pew Research Center. 

Overall Favorability: 56%

Democratic Favorability: 31%

Republican Favorability: 80%

Overall Favorability: 55%

Democratic Favorability: 36%

Republican Favorability: 74%

Overall Favorability: 45%

Democratic Favorability: 29%

Republican Favorability: 62%

Overall Favorability: 52%

Democratic Favorability: 35%

Republican Favorability: 67%

Overall Favorability: 55%

Democratic Favorability: 39%

Republican Favorability: 70%

Overall Favorability: 52%

Democratic Favorability: 38% 

Republican Favorability: 65%

Overall Favorability: 42%

Democratic Favorability: 29%

Republican Favorability: 53%

Overall Favorability: 43%

Democratic Favorability: 32%

Republican Favorability: 55%

Overall Favorability: 61%

Democratic Favorability: 52%

Republican Favorability: 70%

Overall Favorability: 46%

Democratic Favorability: 37%

Republican Favorability: 54%

Overall Favorability: 49%

Democratic Favorability: 40%

Republican Favorability: 57%

Overall Favorability: 77%

Democratic Favorability: 73%

Republican Favorability: 82%

Overall Favorability: 51%

Democratic Favorability: 47%

Republican Favorability: 56%

Overall Favorability: 74%

Democratic Favorability: 71%

Republican Favorability: 79%

Overall Favorability: 81%

Democratic Favorability: 81%

Republican Favorability: 84%

Overall Favorability: 56%

Democratic Favorability: 56%

Republican Favorability: 57%

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