Poll: Government is the biggest problem for second straight year

By Kelly Cohen

Published January 4, 2016 4:16pm ET

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Poll: Government is the biggest problem for second straight year — About 16 percent say some aspect of the United States' government, including President Obama, is the country's chief problem, according to a new Gallup survey. (AP Photo) | Carolyn Kaster

For the second straight year, a plurality of Americans say their own government is the nation’s biggest problem.

About 16 percent say some aspect of the United States’ government — President Obama, Congress or political conflict — is the country’s chief problem, according to a new Gallup survey. That’s down two percentage points since the last survey a year ago.

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