A lot of American politics has been upended over the past eight years, but here's one constant: a majority of Americans believe the government has too much power.
Gallup polls this question almost annually and the results are remarkably stable. In every poll since 2009, between 51 percent and 60 percent of the people Gallup surveyed said the government is too powerful, while less than 10 percent have said the government does not have enough power. Elections come and go, presidential administrations begin and end, and one of the few things that most of us seem to agree about is that the government should not have more power, no matter who runs it.
