Public opinion on issues of U.S. federalism in 2005: End of the post-2001 pro-federal surge?

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-186

  Kincaid, John ^a   Cole, Richard L ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 25144450157     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/publius/pji007     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. See Richard L. Cole, John Kincaid, and Alejandro Rodriguez, "Public Opinion on Federalism and Federal Political Culture in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, 2004," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 34 (Summer 2004);
2. John Kincaid, Andrew Parkin, Richard L. Cole, and Alejandro Rodriguez, "Public Opinion on Federalism in Canada, Mexico, and the United States in 2003," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 88 (Summer 2003): 145-162;
3. Richard L. Cole and John Kincaid, "Public Opinion and American Federalism: Perspectives on Taxes, Spending, and Trust - An ACIR Update," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 30 (Winter/Spring 2000): 189-201;
4. John Kincaid and Richard I. Cole, "Changing Public Attitudes on Power and Taxation in the American Federal System," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 31 (Summer 2001): 205-214;
5. Richard L. Cole, John Kincaid. and Andrew Parkin, "Public Opinion on Federalism in the United States and Canada in 2002: The Aftermath of Terrorism," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 32 (Fall 2002): 123-148; and the reports titled Changing Public Attitudes on Governments and Taxes issued annually from 1972 through 1994 by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Washington, DC.
6. The survey was conducted during the first week of March 2005, It consisted of telephone interviews of a sample of 1,000 adult men and women (in approximately equal numbers), all 18 years of age or over. The interviewing methodology used the procedure known as CATI - computer assisted telephone interviewing. The sample was a random-digit dialing (RDD) probability sample of all telephone households in the continental United States. All households selected were subject to an original and at least four follow-up attempts to complete an interview.
7. For similar conclusions, see Alexander Stille, "Suddenly, Americans Trust Uncle Sam," New York Times, 3 November 2001, p. A10. We noted, too, that the results could have been affected by the war in Iraq and by anticipated federal tax cuts, all occurring at about that same time.
8. See Cole, Kincaid, and Parkin, "Public Opinion on Federalism 2002."
9. For a discussion of these and many other issues, see Dale A. Krane, "The State of American Federalism, 2002-2003: Division Replaces Unity," Publius: The Journal of Federalism 33 (Summer 2003): 1-44.
10. A survey of federalism scholars that we conducted in 1991 found that most scholars viewed the post-9/11 spike in trust and confidence in the federal government as likely to he short lived. See John Kincaid and Richard L. Cole, "Issues of Federalism in Response to Terrorism," Special issue, Public Administration Review 62 (2002): 190.
11. William Schneider, "Revolt of the Propertied Class," National Journal 37 (23 April 2005): 1272.
12. The results for Asians are anomalous because of small cell sizes.
13. See, for example, the editorial, "Real Security, or Politics as Usual?" New York Times, 1 May 2005, Sec. 4, p. 13.
14. See Christopher Logan, "Politics and Promises," 3 April 2005, Governing.com; http://governing.com.
15. I b i d.
16. See Ryan Lizza, "Bush to New York: Here's Your $20 Billion - Now Drop Dead," New York Metro.com, 14 June 2004; http://newyorkmetro.com.