# Six in ten feel people like them don't get enough government support

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/politics/six-in-ten-feel-people-like-them-dont-get-enough-government-support/

> Indexed question in Politics.

## Reading

A majority of Americans agree with the statement that people who share their values or background are not getting enough support from the government (58%), including 20% who agree strongly, according to a December 2025 Verasight survey.

A sizable share stays in the middle, with 27% neither agreeing nor disagreeing; 15% disagree.

## Topline

To what extent do you agree with the following statement: “People who are similar to me, in terms of values or background, are not getting enough support from the government.”

Six in ten feel people like them don't get enough government support.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither agree nor disagree: 27.1%
- Agree: 20.5%
- Strongly agree: 20.0%
- Somewhat agree: 17.8%
- Disagree: 5.9%
- Somewhat disagree: 5.3%
- Strongly disagree: 3.4%

## 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: 2025-12-03 → 2025-12-08
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: soc_pol
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perception-of-government-support-for-similar-demographics](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perception-of-government-support-for-similar-demographics)

## Citation

Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perception-of-government-support-for-similar-demographics](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#perception-of-government-support-for-similar-demographics)