This Graph Shows How People Have Responded Over Time to the Following

question 39

Multiple Choice

This graph shows how people have responded over time to the following question: how much of the time do you think you can trust the government in Washington to do what is right-just about always,most of the time,or only some of the time? Sources: Authors' analysis of 1958-2012 American National Election Study data.As there were no election
studies for 2006,2010,and 2014,we have used the following sources for those years: December 2006 Pew
Research Center poll; February 5-10,2010 New York Times/CBS News Poll; February 2014 Pew Research
Center poll.
-Based on the graph,how has people's trust in the government changed over time?

• A)More people had complete trust in the government in 2014 than ever before.
• B)Fewer people trusted the government sometimes in 2014 than in 1958.-Consider This: By 2010 more people than ever before responded that they trusted the government sometimes or never.
• C)People who trust the government sometimes outnumber those who trust it most of the time.
• D)The government remained aligned with the people it represents from 1958-2014.

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