51% Predict U.S. Government Will Go Bankrupt Before Budget Is Balanced

Just over half of U.S. voters are still skeptical that their elected officials will get the federal budget under control before it’s too late.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 51% of Likely Voters believe the federal government will go bankrupt and be unable to pay its debt before the federal budget is balanced. Thirty-six percent (36%) disagree and think it’s more likely that the federal budget will be balanced first. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)