Still Just 29% Trust the Government To Do the Right Thing a Majority of the Time

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• Twenty-nine percent (29%) of the voters trust the federal government to do the right thing most of the time.
  • Forty percent (40%) trust it some of the time, and 27% trust it rarely.
  • It has been over 50 years since a majority of Americans trusted the government to do the right thing a majority of the time.
• As voters who might be insulated from the experience of everyday Americans, 50% of the voters who talk about politics nearly every day say they trust the federal government to do the right thing a majority of the time.