根据周三发布的一项调查，与去年相比，认为联邦政府能有效对人们的生活产生积极影响的美国人减少了。本特利大学-盖洛普“商业与社会”调查的结果显示，约43%参与调查的美国成年人表示联邦政府在对人们的生活产生积极影响方面是有效的。这一比例较去年下降了8个百分点。联邦政府也是最不被信任能为社会最大利益行事的机构，有26%的受访者持此观点。
Fewer Americans than last year think the federal government is effective at making a positive impact on people’s lives, according to a survey released Wednesday. The results from the Bentley University-Gallup Business in Society survey show about 43 percent of the U.S. adults who took part in the survey say the federal government has been effective in making a positive impact on people’s lives. This is down 8 percentage points from last year. The federal government is also the institution least trusted to act in society's best interest, with 26 percent of respondents saying so.
联邦政府是本次新调查中衡量的四大机构之一，其他三个分别是企业、州和地方政府，以及慈善和倡导组织。联邦政府也是感知有效性下降幅度最大的机构。约26%的美国人表示信任联邦政府为社会最大利益行事，较去年下降5个百分点。受访者对州和地方政府以及企业的信任度略高，分别为41%和47%。对慈善和倡导组织的评价则高得多，达到80%。
The federal government is among four institutions measured in the new survey, which also included business, state and local governments, and charitable and advocacy organizations. It is also the one which saw the largest drop in perceived effectiveness. About 26 percent Americans said they trust the federal government to act in society’s best interest, down five points from last year. Those polled placed slightly higher trust in the state and local government and in businesses, at 41 percent and 47 percent, respectively. Views of charitable and advocacy organizations were much higher at 80 percent.
与去年相比，民主党人对联邦政府的信任度从33%降至21%，有效性评分从54%降至41%。相反，共和党人的信任度从36%升至41%，而有效性评分保持稳定。尽管感知有效性和信任度有起伏，但接受调查的美国人中有压倒性的92%认为联邦政府有能力对人们的生活产生影响。“联邦政府感知权力与表现之间49个百分点的鸿沟既是一个警告，也是一个机遇：美国人相信更好的结果是可能的，”盖洛普报告称。该调查结果基于5月4日至11日对3270名美国成年人进行的网络调查。
In comparison to last year, Democrats’ trust in the federal government fell from 33 to 21 percent and effectiveness ratings dropped from 54 to 41 percent. On the contrary, for Republicans, the trust increased from 36 to 41 percent while effectiveness ratings remained steady. Despite the ups and downs in perceived effectiveness and trust, an overwhelming 92 percent of the Americans polled in the survey believed that the federal government had the power to make an impact on people’s lives. “The 49-point chasm between the federal government’s perceived power and performance represents both a warning and an opportunity: Americans believe better outcomes are possible,” the Gallup report said. The findings are based on a web survey with 3,270 U.S. adults, conducted between May 4-11.
在95%的置信水平下，对于50%左右的回答比例，抽样误差范围为2.4个百分点；对于10%或90%左右的回答比例，抽样误差范围为1.4个百分点。
The margin of sampling error at the 95 percent confidence level is 2.4 percentage points for response percentages around 50 and 1.4 percentage points for response percentages around 10 or 90.