Which federal agencies are scoring top marks with the U.S. public? A new Gallup poll found that Americans maintain a mostly positive view of eight high-profile federal departments and agencies out of 13 included in the research. After being named the top-rated agency in 2014, 2017 and 2018, the U.S. Postal Service scored top marks with the U.S. public once again in 2019. This year, 74% of those polled said the USPS is doing an excellent or good job while only 18% said it is doing things fairly and 8% said it is doing its job poorly.
The Secret Service came second with 69% of the public saying it is doing an excellent or good job while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rounded off the top-three with 64%. Further down the table, the oft-loathed IRS comes in ninth with 50% saying the tax collectors and administrators at the agency are performing well, an improvement on the 45% it garnered in 2017. The Veterans Administration or VA has been consistently ranked last every year it has featured in the survey and it remains there again this time around with only 39% saying the agency is doing an excellent or good job. Gallup states that its poor performance this year can be attributed to reports of veterans dying due to long waits for medical care at VA hospitals.
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