50% Give Government Positive Marks for Response to Weather Disasters
The recent severe weather hammering the South and the Midwest is garnering much media attention, and Americans are generally favorable to the government's response so far.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of American Adults rate the government's response to the weather-related disasters as good or excellent. Just 10% rate the response as poor. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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