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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 02:39 PM
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Survey: Most Americans believe government broken
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Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Americans overwhelmingly believe that the government is broken, according to a national poll released Sunday.

But the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey also indicates that the public overwhelmingly holds out hope that what's broken can be fixed.

Eighty-six percent of people questioned say that the system of government is broken, with 14 percent saying no.

Of the 86 percent, 81 percent say that the government can be fixed, but 5 percent say it's beyond repair.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/21/poll.broken.govt/index.html?hpt=T2
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