President Joe Biden may be the top official in the White House, but not every American trusts him to defend their rights.
When it comes to that kind of trust, much has to do with party affiliation, as seen in the results of a survey by The Trafalgar Group, in connection with Convention of States Action (COSA), a grassroots political organization.
Some might have thought that Americans of either party would put their faith in the president and his ability to protect their rights once he took office. This recently released national survey, which polled 1,119 likely general election voters, shows that trust is a far more deep-seated emotion and has much to do with one's chosen party affiliation.
The poll determined that for most Americans, their trust is either in Biden and his congressional Democrats to be effective at promoting and defending issues they consider important or they trust GOP governors and state Legislatures. The Trafalgar report shows 34.8% favored federal Democrats and 33% were partial to GOP state leaders. The numbers dropped to 15% for congressional Republicans and 9.4% for state Democrat leaders.
The party divide created a wide disparity in results. For Democrats, it was Biden and the Democrats in Congress who won their trust by 63.5% with confidence at just 7.6% for GOP governors and state legislators. For Republicans, trust fell predominately to the state leaders by 63.1% with only 8.6% putting their confidence in Biden and congressional Democrats. For third-party and Independents, responses varied, but a plurality of 30.3% entrusted Republican governors and state legislators.
COSA President Mark Meckler saw in the survey support for the group's mission to curtail the size and scope of the federal government.
"Republicans, Independents and many Democrats are watching with horror as Washington, D.C., pursues anti-freedom policies that are destroying the fabric of the nation they love," he said. "It is also clear that Republican primary voters have almost no confidence in congressional Republicans to fight for them and stand up to a power-hungry federal government."
Other highlights of the report described by COSA are as follows:
Democrat primary voters trust Biden and congressional Democrats to promote their issues more than local government.
GOP primary voters, on the other hand, have more of their trust in Republican governors and state legislators than other congressional Republicans.
Most Independent voters who cast ballots in the primary have their main trust in Republicans, rather than Democrats.
What all this means, according to Meckler, is a surge in trust for Republican governors and state Legislatures because of leaders who are taking a stand.
"The framers of the Constitution designed our system to operate this way," he said. "We are seeing rising momentum for a Convention of States that will return Washington, D.C., back to its original, strict limits and put states back in charge."
Texas is an example of a state that has been a political mixed bag, though heavily Republican. When it comes to state government, Republican control is predominant with not only the governor's office but both state legislative chambers in GOP control, according to ballotpedia.org.
Travis County, Texas overwhelmingly voted for Biden in 2020, according to kvue.com. Yet Texas showed its overall GOP colors as former President Donald Trump got 52.1% of the vote to Biden's 46.5%, CNN reported.