The federal government suffered the highest net negative ratings in a recent poll by the Gallup organization, the latest in a series of studies reaching much the same conclusion.
The government scored a net -27 rating among sectors, with just 28 percent of respondents positive and 55 percent negative (the highest of any sector) and the rest neutral. That was below the net -23 for the pharmaceutical industry and the -20 for the healthcare industry; other low-ranked fields included the legal field, -8, and the oil and gas industry, -7.
The organization said the findings reflect “persistently low public trust” in the federal government.
Top-ranked industries in the poll of some 1,000 adults included the restaurant, net 59 percent positive; computer, 53; grocery, 36; farming and agriculture, 35; accounting, 33; and travel, 32, industries.
