Minnesotans are fed up with the feds

Minnesotans are ticked off at their government.

A new poll has found that three-quarters of the state's residents never or "only some of the time" trust the federal government to do what's right and that half believe it has too much power.

The poll, conducted by Minnesota Public Radio and the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, also found that two-thirds of those polled would prefer to have a smaller government providing fewer services; a quarter would prefer a larger government providing more services.

As for President Obama, roughly half of Minnesotans say his policies are nudging the United States toward socialism.