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Nearly Half of Americans Prefer Less Government Involvement in the Financial Services Industry Reports New GfK Survey
May 26, 2010GfK Financial Services, a division of GfK Custom Research North America, today announced highlights from a new OmniWeb survey that reveals almost half of Americans (42%) prefer the government take a less significant role in the financial services industry. Comparatively, only 26% of respondents say they'd like to see more government involvement. Surprisingly, "blue states" are in agreement with their Republican counterparts when it comes to government involvement in the financial services industry. In fact, more respondents on the predominately Democratic West coast report they would prefer to see a lighter federal hand in Wall Street affairs (46%) than their "red state" neighbors in the Midwest (44%) and the South (41%). Full release.
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