“53% think that the federal government threatens their own personal rights and freedoms while 43% disagree.”
I’d guess that that 43% who disagree equate freedom with free obumaphones, jumbo bags of potato chips you can buy with the EBT card and big Social Security disability checks.
No, even a good chunk of the 53% wants free stuff. Trading freedom for the easy life paid for by someone else — its always what causes a republic to fall.