This is a good way to show how much of a problem we have right now. Institutions like the FBI and the IRS hold massive amounts of power to fuck up people’s lives, once people start seeing them as an arm of whatever party is in power then you quickly start losing any faith in the government. This is how you lose a 250 year old government.
And make no mistake, this isn’t a “both sides issue”. Republican voters nominated a criminal to be president and refused to hold him to account for his crimes. Now they’re cheering him on as he destroys any remaining shred of confidence in the government.
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If institutions like the FBI arent impartial anymore its the end of a functioning democracy.
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Basically whoever the FBI is going after depends on the approval.
Early 2000s when it was perceived as islamophobic – Democrats hated it
Late Obama era when the Democrat establishment was at its peak – Democrats loved it
Trump era with all the investigations and raids – Democrats loved it
![[OC] The Swap(s) — FBI Approval by Political Party](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/a6r5fujnrylg1-1536x1019.png "[OC] The Swap(s) — FBI Approval by Political Party")
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Graph created using Excel with data from Gallup and Pew Research Center.
[https://news.gallup.com/poll/226505/news-americans-views-fbi.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/226505/news-americans-views-fbi.aspx)
[https://news.gallup.com/poll/257489/fbi-positive-job-ratings-steady-among-americans.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/257489/fbi-positive-job-ratings-steady-among-americans.aspx)
[https://news.gallup.com/poll/355130/job-ratings-key-federal-agencies-decline.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/355130/job-ratings-key-federal-agencies-decline.aspx)
[https://news.gallup.com/poll/402464/government-agency-ratings-cia-fbi-federal-reserve-down.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/402464/government-agency-ratings-cia-fbi-federal-reserve-down.aspx)
[https://news.gallup.com/poll/696059/americans-job-ratings-six-key-agencies-worsen.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/696059/americans-job-ratings-six-key-agencies-worsen.aspx)
[https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0717/Once-seen-as-conservative-FBI-now-faces-attacks-from-the-GOP](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0717/Once-seen-as-conservative-FBI-now-faces-attacks-from-the-GOP)
[https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/07/24/growing-partisan-differences-in-views-of-the-fbi-stark-divide-over-ice/](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/07/24/growing-partisan-differences-in-views-of-the-fbi-stark-divide-over-ice/)
[https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/02/14/majorities-express-favorable-opinions-of-several-federal-agencies-including-the-fbi/](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/02/14/majorities-express-favorable-opinions-of-several-federal-agencies-including-the-fbi/)
[https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/01/public-expresses-favorable-views-of-a-number-of-federal-agencies/](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/01/public-expresses-favorable-views-of-a-number-of-federal-agencies/)
This is a good way to show how much of a problem we have right now. Institutions like the FBI and the IRS hold massive amounts of power to fuck up people’s lives, once people start seeing them as an arm of whatever party is in power then you quickly start losing any faith in the government. This is how you lose a 250 year old government.
And make no mistake, this isn’t a “both sides issue”. Republican voters nominated a criminal to be president and refused to hold him to account for his crimes. Now they’re cheering him on as he destroys any remaining shred of confidence in the government.
If institutions like the FBI arent impartial anymore its the end of a functioning democracy.
Basically whoever the FBI is going after depends on the approval.
Early 2000s when it was perceived as islamophobic – Democrats hated it
Late Obama era when the Democrat establishment was at its peak – Democrats loved it
Trump era with all the investigations and raids – Democrats loved it
Trump back in control – Democrats hate it.