{"id":2528914,"date":"2026-01-03T06:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-trust-in-the-government-is-at-one-of-its-lowest-points\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:00:06","slug":"public-trust-in-the-government-is-at-one-of-its-lowest-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-trust-in-the-government-is-at-one-of-its-lowest-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Public trust in the government is at one of its lowest points"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpublic-trust-in-the-government-is-at-one-of-its-lowest-points%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2528914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Public trust in the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gdp-report-shows-negative-growth-but-economist-reveals-theres-fantastic-news-hidden-inside\/\" title=\"GDP Report Shows Negative Growth, But Economist Reveals There&#039;s &#039;Fantastic News&#039; Hidden Inside\">federal government fell<\/a> to a very low point in 2025: only 17% of Americans said they trusted the government to do what is right &#8220;always or most of the time,&#8221; according to Pew Research&#8217;s aggregation of polls. Trust has declined sharply since 1958, when 73% expressed confidence, and has not topped 30% since 2007. Confidence varies by issue, branch, and party control &#8211; overall 45% trusted the government on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parker-2022-looking-good-for-republicans\/\" title=\"PARKER: 2022 Looking Good For Re...ans\">international problems<\/a> and 38% on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-groups-tell-biden-to-focus-on-climate-change-with-china-stop-being-so-confrontational-on-human-rights-abuses\/\" title=\"Progressive Groups Tell Biden To Focus On Climate Change With China, Stop Being So Confrontational On Human Rights Abuses\">domestic problems<\/a> in 2025, but those figures split along partisan lines. For example, 84% of Republicans trusted the government to handle international issues in 2025 under President Trump, while only 20% had similar trust in 2024 under President Biden; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-known-colorado-animal-rights-lawyer-arrested-after-allegedly-hiring-hitman-to-murder-husbands-girlfriend\/\" title=\"Well-Known Colorado Animal Rights Lawyer Arrested After Allegedly Hiring Hitman To Murder Husband\u2019s Girlfriend\">domestic issues<\/a>, just 13% of Democrats trusted the government in 2025 versus 69% in 2024. Trust in the judicial branch is somewhat less tied to party control but still polarized (about 81% of Republicans versus roughly 24% of Democrats in 2025).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Public trust in the government at one of its lowest points<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2461655\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In the face of one of the most polarizing moments in U.S. history, one measurement that offers insight into specific frustrations the public has is their trust in the government. In 2025, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> first year of his second term, the level of trust Americans have in their government to do what they believe is right &ldquo;always or most of the time&rdquo; was at a significantly low point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to survey data aggregated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2025\/12\/04\/public-trust-in-government-1958-2025\/\">Pew Research Center <\/a>from a variety of news organizations, National Election Studies, and Gallup, just 17% of Americans say they trust the federal government to do what is right just about always or most of the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4399897\/trump-white-house-defense-health-concerns\/\">Trump and the White House go on defense over health concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4400115\/maduro-captured-taken-venezuela-us-military-operation-caracas-trump\/\">Maduro &#8216;captured&#8217; and taken out of Venezuela after US military operation in Caracas: Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4400072\/trump-blocks-hiefo-acquiring-emcore-chip-assets\/\">Trump blocks HieFo from acquiring Emcore chip assets over national security concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Notably, when National Election Studies first began polling this question in 1958 during the Eisenhower administration, 73% had trust in the government to do what was right. At that time, the Space Race was heating up, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cold-war\/\">Cold War<\/a> tensions were escalating, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vietnam-war\/\">Vietnam War<\/a> was three years in.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly seven decades later, public trust in the government has not exceeded 30% since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Trust has also fluctuated over time among the branches of government and specific governmental responsibilities, such as handling international and domestic problems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>While overall trust in the government was low in 2025, when <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/697421\/trust-government-depends-upon-party-control.aspx\">Gallup<\/a> asked people about their trust in the government to handle international problems, 45% said they had a &ldquo;great deal or fair amount.&rdquo; Yet, this number becomes vastly different when factoring in political party and party control. In 2025, with Trump in power, 84% of Republicans trusted the government to handle international problems, while in 2024, with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> in power, only 20% had trust in the government.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>This pattern rings true with each breakdown. Overall trust in the government to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >handle domestic problems<\/a> in 2025 was 38%. But more specifically, in the same year, 13% of Democrats &ldquo;have a great deal or fair amount of trust&rdquo; in the government, whereas a year before, when Biden was president, 69% had trust in the government regarding its handling of domestic problems.<\/p>\n<p>Fluctuations occur in trust in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches as well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>Data show less dependence on party control with trust in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/judicial-branch\/\">judicial branch<\/a>. In 2025 and 2024, 81% and 71% of Republicans, respectively, had trust in the judicial branch. In the same years, 24% and 23% of Democrats had a &ldquo;great deal or fair amount of trust&rdquo; in the judicial branch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government trust hits historic low in 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3854,"featured_media":2528915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP0811180137531.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45352,34832,47267,70022],"class_list":["post-2528914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-political-trust","tag-public-opinion","tag-public-trust","tag-trust-in-government"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP0811180137531.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528918,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528914\/revisions\/2528918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2528915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}