...government waste a lot of the money we pay in taxes, waste some if it, or don't waste very much of it?" 2. "How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in Washington (Ottawa) to do what is right?" 3. "Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests...

...responses to the question posed biennially by the University of Michigan's National Election Studies — "How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in Washington to do what is right?" — confidence plummeted from a high of 61% in 1966 to 29% in 1974 and 27% in 1980, rose to 47% in...

...constructing the scale is listed below, along with the point values attached to each possible response. "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?" Just about always—o Most...

...variance in those attitudes. Egalitarianism, 10 Trust in government: How much of the time do you think we can trust the government in Washington to do what is right - just about always, most of the time, only some of the time, or hardly ever? Government waste: Do you think that people in government waste...

...respondents in that neighborhood strength category who expressed a greater trust level when asked: "How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in [your city) to do what is right—just about always, most of the time, or only some of the time?" than...

...the end of the Eisenhower administration, almost 75 percent of the American public thought you could trust the government in Washington to do what is right "just about always," or "most of the time." By 1998, those figures had been exactly reversed, with 75 percent of the public...

...lot of the money we pay in taxes, waste some ofit, or don't waste very much ofit?' Trust government: 'How much of the time do you think you can trust the...always, most of the time, or only some of the time?' The impact of exposure to campaign communications So far we have examined diffuse patterns at aggregate...

...bundesweiten Umfrage eingesetzten trust in governmenf-Items.31 Diese inzwischen klassischen Items lauten: 1. „How much of the time do you think you can trust...always, most of the time, or only some of the time?" 2. „Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves...

...example, every two years, the National Election Studies at the University of Michigan asks Americans, "How much of the time do you think you can trust the...always, most of the time, or only some of the time?" The justabout-always answer dropped from a high of 17 percent in 1966 to 2 percent in 1974 and has...

...1964, when about 75 percent of the respondents answered "always" or "most of the time" to the question, "How much of the time do you think you can trust the...always, most of the time, or only some of the time?" Since that time, trust has declined significantly (though not monotonically) with only about 25 percent...