# Americans who contact local government mostly have positive experiences

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 3,000 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 18 to 24, 2024, 71% of Americans rated their experience with local government officials they have interacted with as positive. This includes 41% who said somewhat positive and 30% who said very positive.

About one in ten said their experience was negative (9%), with 7% who said somewhat negative and 2% who said very negative. Another 21% said they feel neither positive nor negative.

## Topline

Thinking about the local government officials you have interacted with, how would you rate your experiences with them?

71% of Americans rate their experience with local government officials positively.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat positive: 40.7%
- Very positive: 29.9%
- Neither positive nor negative: 20.5%
- Somewhat negative: 7.2%
- Very negative: 1.7%

## 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: 2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
- Base (unweighted): 796
- Margin of error: +/- 3.9%
- Module: Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=796 United States adults, +/- 3.9%.

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