According to a gallup poll sponsored by the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/09_september/15/world.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/world_who_runs_your_world0/html/4.stm

Quote :

"only 16% would give politicians more power."

Oddly enough, the poll also showed that North Americans regard family as significantly less important than most other people worldwide. Not exactly what I expected from a country where "family values" occupy a key position in almost every political contest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/world_who_runs_your_world0/html/5.stm

9/21/2005 9:15:54 PM

surprise-o-meter is reading zero, captain

9/21/2005 9:17:58 PM

And yet, polititcians continue to get more power...

9/22/2005 5:57:12 AM

Government is a knife which invariably cuts to the left, especially when staffed by people who know better.

9/22/2005 9:37:53 AM

Where do those 16% of people live?

9/23/2005 12:02:22 PM