Like most Americans, and nearly everyone on my side of the partisan divide, I’m thrilled with the agenda President Biden has laid out and pleased with the high levels of public support it has generated. …
Some commentators suggest these findings herald a fundamentally new and more expansive view of the role of government. Bolstering this claim is exit poll data showing that 58 percent believe “government should do more to solve problems,” while only 42 percent say “government is doing too many things better left to business and individuals.”
Because such questions seem to go beyond the policy prescriptions of the moment to tap fundamental values, they are often interpreted as more deep-seated, long-lasting attitudes that structure responses to a host of more transitory policy issues.
I know that mistake because I’ve made it. CONTINUED
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill
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