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 So, while the data on government power might suggest that, if the people had their way, the federal government should cut back on what it does and reduce its role in American life, other data qualify that conclusion. Americans concede that the government performs many needed functions, and in some instances, gets credit for doing them well.

The headline from a recent Pew Research report provides a useful summary: "Americans' Views of Government: Decades of Distrust, Enduring Support for Its Role."

Little Disagreement With Efforts to Make Government More Efficient

A number of recent presidents have promulgated efforts to make the federal government operate more efficiently and effectively. The Clinton-Gore administration announced a "National Partnership for Reinventing Government"; Donald Trump attempted to "deconstruct the deep state"; and Joe Biden has signed an "Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government."

Not much polling focuses directly on Americans' views of these types of efforts. But I think it's a safe assumption that Americans would find little reason to oppose such plans to increase government effectiveness and efficiency and to improve service delivery.

A 2021 poll conducted for the Partnership for Public Service, for example, found large majorities of Americans saying the government is too bureaucratic, wasteful and incompetent, among other things. (Although Americans were more positive about federal employees per se.) And a 2019 Gallup poll showed seven in 10 Americans agreeing that businesses can do things more efficiently than government.

Compromise in Order to Get Things Done

Americans have over the years evinced ather than sticking to their beliefs or principles, pushing their own party's political agenda or fighting for personal values.

This desire for compromise stands in contrast to the . As I've noted in a recent analysis, the structure of politics today of ideologues who regularly vote in party primaries and who are less interested than the general population in compromise. This puts politicians who may want to compromise in a difficult position.

The structure of politics today, in short, is geared away from compromise, even as the majority of the people say that is exactly what they want. But difficult though it may be in practice, elected officials would do well to take heed.

(This type of compromise, it should be noted, actually does occur in some instances. As  "The 117th Congress has compiled a significant legislative record since it convened on Jan. 3, 2021." The Post editorial's apt headline is, "This Congress Has Gotten More Done Than You Might Realize." But the American people say more of this is needed.)