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| American Public Troubled by 'Deep State' (even though they don't know what it means)
Although most Americans are unfamiliar with the term 'Deep State,' according to recent polling they are nevertheless skeptical of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy "Public Troubled by Deep State" is the headline that the Monmouth University Polling Institute tags to its recent poll. Acknowledging that polling about the term "Deep State" is problematic because "few Americans (13%) are very familiar with the term 'Deep State,'" the pollsters at Monmouth defined the term as follows for their interviewees: "The term Deep State refers to the possible existence of a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy." Then they asked whether such a group exists. Monmouth reports the results as follows: "Nearly 3-in-4 (74%) say they believe this type of apparatus exists in Washington. This includes 27% who say it definitely exists and 47% who say it probably exists. Only 1-in-5 say