What sort of fright most keeps you up at night? A new survey out this week shows that for many Americans, it’s the fear of a corrupt government.
On Tuesday, researchers at Chapman University released the latest iteration of their annual and nationally representative survey on Americans’ top fears. Number one on the list was government corruption. Other high-ranking fears included loved ones becoming severely ill, the government spying on our personal data, and the threat of nuclear war from Russia.
The biggest and smallest fears
Chapman University researchers at the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences have run the fear survey for 11 years now. For a decade straight, government corruption has reigned supreme on the list. This year, about 69% of respondents said they were afraid or very afraid about corruption in the government.
The other fears on the top ten, in order, are:
People I love becoming seriously ill
Economic/financial collapse
Cyber-terrorism
People I love dying
The U.S. becoming involved in another world war
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