September 27, 2014
Trusted and Mistrusted Governments
I have previously written about the September Gallup Poll, which shows that trust in the federal government is at a historic low. This distrust shows up in the poll numbers in several ways. The percentage of Americans who have “No trust at all” in “The Executive Branch headed by the President” is a stunning 28% – the highest ever recorded, trumping even Nixon at the bottom of the Watergate debacle. The percentage of Americans who express “A great deal of confidence” in the president is only 14%, which could mean that everyone outside black America has no real trust in Obama.
Another Gallup story, based upon the same poll, shows that the confidence Americans have in the federal government handling domestic problems is incredibly weak. The overall positive rating given by Americans in this poll is 40%, the lowest level of confidence ever recorded. The percentage of Americans who have “No confidence at...(Read Full Article)