The U.S. Postal Service is the only federal government agency that received a high rating among respondents at 56%. But Gallup found that Americans were split on the next highest-rated agencies, which are the Department of Defense and NASA, with both earning 48% excellent/good ratings.
Political parties divided on their ratings of federal agencies
The other side:
The views of federal agencies were split among Republicans and Democrats. According to Gallup, majorities of Republicans and Republican leaners give the Departments of Defense (74%) and Homeland Security (73%) positive ratings. While a slight 51% of Republicans also gave the FBI a positive rating.
And Democrats and Democratic supporters have a majority positive ratings for two agencies — the U.S. Postal Service (66%) and NASA (52%). But FEMA, the EPA and the CDC received similarly low ratings among Republicans and Democrats.
Moreover, the poll noted a disparity in favorability rating among the political parties for Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, the Justice Department, State Department, FBI, and Secret Service
