Poll: Americans Strongly Favor Local Institutions for Solving Nation's Challenges

Americans are also ready to move beyond “tried and tested” approaches to local challenges and are instead looking for more innovative approaches. By a wide margin, 71 percent say they prefer “trying new ideas and solutions, even if the outcomes may be uncertain” compared to 20 percent who prefer “relying on tried and tested ideas and solutions, even if it means a lack of new thinking.”