๐บ๐ธ Americans Are Divided Over Their Opinion of the IRS
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What Weโre Showing
The favorability ratings of 16 federal government agencies based on opinions polled from 10,701 adults, surveyed between March 13-19, 2023, by Pew Research Center.
Key Takeaway
Of the 16 listed federal government agencies, only two garnered more unfavorable responses than favorable ones. Of them, the IRS, was the only agency of the list where a majority of respondents (51%) rated it unfavorably.
Dataset
Agency | Favorable | Not sure | Unfavorable |
---|---|---|---|
National Park Service | 81% | 12% | 7% |
U.S. Postal Service | 77% | 3% | 20% |
NASA | 74% | 17% | 9% |
Social Security Administration | 61% | 12% | 28% |
CDC | 56% | 6% | 38% |
Veterans Affairs | 56% | 16% | 28% |
EPA | 55% | 14% | 31% |
Health and Human Services | 55% | 15% | 30% |
FBI | 52% | 12% | 36% |
Department of Transportation | 52% | 12% | 36% |
Department of Homeland Security | 51% | 13% | 35% |
Department of Justice | 49% | 10% | 41% |
CIA | 46% | 21% | 33% |
Department of Education | 45% | 8% | 47% |
Federal Reserve | 43% | 20% | 37% |
IRS | 42% | 7% | 51% |
Data sources
Figures are rounded. No answer responses not shown. How was this data collected? Pew Research recruited respondents for their survey panel through a national, random sampling of residential addresses. The panel is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Please see their methodology page (linked above) for more details.