# About as many Americans reject tearing down failing institutions as back it

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/politics/americans-are-divided-on-tearing-down-failing-institutions-to-start-over/

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## Reading

About as many Americans disagree (37%) as agree (34%) that the country's social institutions cannot be fixed and should be torn down to start over, an April 2025 Verasight survey finds.

Strong feeling runs about even on each side: 12% strongly disagree and 11% strongly agree. The other 29% take neither position.

## Topline

We cannot fix the problems in our social institutions, we need to tear them down and start over.

About as many Americans reject tearing down failing institutions as back it.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither agree nor disagree: 28.8%
- Somewhat disagree: 25.2%
- Somewhat agree: 23.5%
- Strongly disagree: 12.0%
- Strongly agree: 10.6%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-04-09 → 2025-04-15
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: policy
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#social-institutions-should-be-torn-down](https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#social-institutions-should-be-torn-down)

## Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2025-026, fielded April 9-15, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#social-institutions-should-be-torn-down](https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#social-institutions-should-be-torn-down)