Originally published January 20 2006
New poll finds most Americans distrust the distribution of power in Washington D.C.
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A poll from Harris Interactive reveals that 90 percent of U.S adults believe corporations wield too much political influence in Washington.
Most US adults believe big companies (90%) and political action committees (85%) have too much influence in Washington, according to a poll from Harris Interactive.
Strength of feeling about these imbalances has risen since last year.
Many also think the news media (68%), trade associations (61%) and TV and radio talk shows (51%) have too much influence.
And political lobbyists can feel reassured that they are doing their job: 74% feel they have too much power in Washington.
More than half of the public believes racial minorities (58%), churches and religious groups (55%) have too little power and influence in Washington.
The top four institutions seen as having too much power have all seen a rise in their numbers since last year, with big companies seeing the largest increase - from 83% to 90%.
The largest increase is in those who believe labor unions have too little power (rising from 37% to 46%).
* A decline from 79% to 68% in the number of people who think the news media has too much power and influence * A fall from 38% to 28% in those who think that racial minorities have too much power * A fall from 79% to 74% in those who think political lobbyists have too much power and influence * An increase from 86 to 90% in those who think that big companies have too much power.
Most of those surveyed are probably not expecting much to change as a result of the survey: 53% felt that opinion polls had too little power and influence.
The poll was conducted by telephone in the US between November 8 and 13, 2005 among a nationwide cross section of 1,011 adults.
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