Republican Argumentative Essay

Not even a fifth of the public say they can trust the government always or most of the time. A whopping 74% of American’s are reported to believe that elected officials put their own interests before the interest of the country. Also, the majority of Americans seem to think that ordinary Americans could do a better job at solving the nation’s problems. Most people want the government to be highly involved in the school system, natural disaster response, terrorism, and the environment. Also, apparently, most Americans approve of how the government handles these issues. Per usual, there are wide partisan divides over how big and powerful the government should be (Republicans leaning towards a smaller government and democrats leading towards bigger). However, both sides think the government should have a major role in immigration. Going along with partisan preferences of the size of the government, Republicans think the government should not have a major role in helping people in poverty while Democrats think the opposite. Though Republicans do think the government should have more say in certain issues (income for elders, environmental protection, education), Democrats …show more content…
Not even a fourth of people say that elected officials put the interests of the country above their own interests. A semi-common term used to describe elected officials is intelligent. However, people consider the average American just as intelligent and business leaders as more intelligent. Just over a fourth of Americans say elected officials are honest and almost three-fourths says they are selfish. However, this is not much higher than how many people rate Americans. Additionally, the majority of Americans say there are no clear solutions to the problems our country has but they also say that an average American could probably do a better job at solving these problems than elected