Trust in government by generation U.S. 2021

It seems that age is not a major factor in whether people in the U.S. trust their government, with between 17 and 28 percent of all generations reporting they trust the government always or most of the time in an April 2021 survey. This compares to around 50 percent of all generations in a survey conducted in October 1972.

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1972 to 2021

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The source does not define each generation. Not all generations have values for all years.

Values are taken from a variety of different polls over the period. The source does not provide specific details of the methodology, question and sample size for each poll. Refer to the source for details of the date and who conducted each poll.
Where the source provides multiple polls for a single month, only the latest values are included.

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