Distrust of Government Is Widespread - Demographics
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| National Survey of 1,110 U.S. Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted July 10-11 and 14, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Right Direction | Which of the three branches of the federal government do you trust the most, the Executive Branch, the Congress or the Judiciary? Or do you trust none of the branches of the federal government? | When government officials speak, how much of the time are they lying? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Right direction | Wrong track | Not sure | The Executive Branch | The Congress | The Judiciary | None of the branches | Not sure | All of the time | Most of the time | Some of the time | Rarely | Never | Not sure | ||
| Which of the three branches of the federal government do you trust the most, the Executive Branch, the Congress or the Judiciary? Or do you trust none of the branches of the federal government? | The Executive Branch | 23% | 23% | 22% | 19% | 22% | 28% | 22% | 30% | 16% | 21% | 38% | 11% | 18% | 10% | 27% | 39% | 15% | 16% | 19% | 27% | 21% | 31% | 26% | 20% | 16% | 17% | 25% | 31% | 14% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 26% | 15% | 61% | 21% | 15% | 4% | 0% | 51% | 7% | 24% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 9% | 31% | 51% | 0% | 22% |
| The Congress | 12% | 12% | 13% | 22% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 13% | 20% | 12% | 12% | 18% | 7% | 15% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 40% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 7% | 14% | 12% | 21% | 23% | 7% | 12% | 19% | 9% | 13% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 38% | 12% | |
| The Judiciary | 18% | 24% | 12% | 9% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 13% | 16% | 22% | 11% | 24% | 19% | 25% | 15% | 8% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 25% | 25% | 18% | 11% | 14% | 18% | 27% | 27% | 18% | 19% | 16% | 20% | 14% | 5% | 13% | 18% | 27% | 2% | 7% | 24% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 22% | 17% | 21% | 26% | 9% | |
| None of the branches | 39% | 37% | 41% | 38% | 41% | 37% | 40% | 36% | 40% | 37% | 30% | 40% | 48% | 45% | 36% | 35% | 22% | 47% | 42% | 37% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 32% | 42% | 51% | 38% | 28% | 19% | 31% | 33% | 39% | 42% | 43% | 17% | 34% | 36% | 55% | 44% | 16% | 52% | 29% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 56% | 53% | 28% | 12% | 0% | 26% | |
| Not sure | 8% | 5% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 36% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 0% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 14% | 6% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 42% | 7% | 8% | 22% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 3% | 3% | 12% | 5% | 36% | 31% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Right Direction | Which of the three branches of the federal government do you trust the most, the Executive Branch, the Congress or the Judiciary? Or do you trust none of the branches of the federal government? | When government officials speak, how much of the time are they lying? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Right direction | Wrong track | Not sure | The Executive Branch | The Congress | The Judiciary | None of the branches | Not sure | All of the time | Most of the time | Some of the time | Rarely | Never | Not sure | ||
| When government officials speak, how much of the time are they lying? | All of the time | 15% | 16% | 14% | 21% | 15% | 9% | 13% | 20% | 19% | 20% | 14% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 24% | 18% | 11% | 13% | 20% | 6% | 39% | 24% | 16% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 22% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 23% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 21% | 9% | 11% | 18% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 22% | 6% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Most of the time | 33% | 34% | 32% | 38% | 32% | 29% | 33% | 35% | 35% | 31% | 31% | 37% | 31% | 43% | 29% | 23% | 34% | 37% | 39% | 31% | 32% | 25% | 29% | 32% | 41% | 40% | 31% | 23% | 5% | 34% | 30% | 42% | 28% | 28% | 16% | 34% | 34% | 43% | 24% | 20% | 42% | 19% | 13% | 35% | 41% | 45% | 14% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Some of the time | 40% | 39% | 40% | 29% | 44% | 47% | 42% | 33% | 37% | 36% | 42% | 34% | 44% | 31% | 48% | 46% | 23% | 26% | 37% | 46% | 41% | 41% | 47% | 16% | 25% | 35% | 48% | 50% | 60% | 37% | 38% | 33% | 51% | 34% | 51% | 46% | 46% | 30% | 20% | 51% | 34% | 47% | 56% | 40% | 38% | 28% | 55% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Rarely | 6% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 12% | 0% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 15% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 13% | 2% | 4% | 14% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Never | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 27% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 11% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 47% | 5% | 4% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 18% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | 48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 52% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 18-39 | 30% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 47% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 23% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 66% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Democrat | 35% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
