CNN Poll: Majority says Obama a threat to citizens' rights

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February 26, 2010
CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens' rights

From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser

Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans think the federal government
poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll.

Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
survey released Friday say they think the federal government's become so
large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and
freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.

The survey indicates a partisan divide on the question: only 37 percent of
Democrats, 63 percent of Independents and nearly 7 in 10 Republicans say the
federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans.

According to CNN poll numbers released Sunday, Americans overwhelmingly
think that the U.S. government is broken - though the public overwhelmingly
holds out hope that what's broken can be fixed.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted February 12-15, with
1,023 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error
is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall survey.