# A slim majority reject tearing down U.S. institutions to start over

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> Indexed question in Politics.

## Reading

Told that the country's social institutions cannot be fixed and must be torn down and rebuilt, a 53% majority of Americans disagree, including 23% who strongly disagree, a March 2025 Verasight survey finds.

About a quarter (24%) neither agree nor disagree, and 23% agree, including 6% who strongly agree.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: We cannot fix the problems in the United States' social institutions, we need to tear them down and start over.

A slim majority reject tearing down U.S. institutions to start over.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither agree nor disagree: 24.1%
- Strongly disagree: 22.6%
- Disagree: 16.9%
- Somewhat disagree: 13.6%
- Somewhat agree: 13.2%
- Strongly agree: 5.7%
- Agree: 4.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: politics
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-the-u.s.-should-tear-down-institutions-and-start-over-variable-politics_12](https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-the-u.s.-should-tear-down-institutions-and-start-over-variable-politics_12)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-the-u.s.-should-tear-down-institutions-and-start-over-variable-politics_12](https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#agreement-with-statement-the-u.s.-should-tear-down-institutions-and-start-over-variable-politics_12)