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Ridgewood NJ, according to Rasmussen Reports most voters continue to view big government as a problem and don’t want it, but they strongly suspect that more government and higher taxes are on the way with Joe Biden in the White House.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with the late President Reagan’s inaugural declaration that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Just 27% disagree, while 14% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Fifty-two percent (52%) prefer a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes over a more active one with more services and higher taxes, down from 57% in May. Thirty-seven percent (37%) want bigger government instead, while 11% are not sure. Support for smaller government has ranged from 52% to 70% in regular surveying since 2006.
But when asked which is more likely if Joe Biden becomes the next U.S. president, 69% say a more active government with more services and higher taxes. Only 16% believe Biden is more likely to deliver a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.