Corruption Of Government Officials Ranked Americans' Top Fear Of 2017 [Infographic]

As Halloween approaches, a recent survey shows the real reasons Americans are staying in the middle of the night. The American Fear Survey of Chapman University investigated the fear of 1,207 American adults who fall into 80 categories, such as crime, personal anxiety, natural disasters. As in the previous year, government officials ranked first in corruption in 2017 and 74.5% of American adults said they "are afraid" or "very scared" for them.

This year's ranking reflects political turmoil and uncertainty due to President Donald Trump's elections. Since the storm is still swallowing the health care system of the country, the fear rate of American medical law / trump medical is ranked second in 55.3%. Mr. Trump decided to withdraw the United States from Paris climate agreement. This also affects 48% of Americans worried about global warming and climate change, and 44.9% are afraid of air pollution

In the international setting, the tension between Washington and Pyongyang has also begun to make people feel cold. 48.4% of American adults are worried that the United States is not involved in the New World War, and 47.5% are worried that North Korea will use nuclear weapons

So, what are Americans the most afraid of? Corruption of government officials 2016 Chapman University According to American Fear Survey, six out of ten Americans (61%) regarded corrupt government officials as the greatest fear, two terrorist attacks (41%) and Future fund shortage (40 people)%) bite into it. Government corruption is also the biggest concern in 2015. In a poll conducted by Media Research Institute's Media Insights program in 2016, one out of ten Americans (6%) did not have confidence. Four out of ten Americans (41%) answered that there is little trust in the media. According to the same opinion poll, more than a third (38%) of Americans have experiences of news and information sources, and they say that trust for it is low.

The greatest fear of Americans in 2016 was 'corruption of government officials', the same as in 2015. The terrorist attack was second. Indeed, two of the top five concerns are related to terrorism. The fifth place is not the fear of guns but the government's restriction of guns. Fear of death of a loved one, whether by violence by a gun or by something else. One of the reasons why the inconsistency with actual risk is concerned is that our brains are connected through evolution in order to make quick decisions that are not always supported by logical reasoning. Child psychiatrist Maia Szalavitz wrote in the 2008 issue of Today's Psychology as follows.

After all, according to the annual survey of terror in the United States, for most Americans, the true curvature of the fourth year is the fear of a corrupt official government official. Of the 94 categories, including fear of death (appearing at 54) or serious other misbehavior in the relationship (83 on the list), about three-quarters (73.6%) of the country is fraudulent or unethical by government officials I am afraid of action or are very scared. " According to the survey, Americans are increasingly worried about terrorist attacks - this is the second fear in 2016 - and replaced the anxiety about the pollution of the oceans, rivers and lakes. Nearly 62% of the population shares concerns. At least a third understands that at least for those who do not live in Detroit, they are more concerned about anxiety about drinking water pollution.