50 year low? You mean the last time the people were so distrustful of government, Kennedy was president?
Eisenhower. But I took it to mean “never in the history of polling this question”.
Eisenhower?
It maybe that they did not poll on this question until the 1960s. In that case, Distrust of the Government is at an all time low, as far as we know.
Good point. A 40 year low would have referred back to Viet Nam which I would have understood. But going back to 1960 is hard to fathom. The Bay of Pigs was 1961; Tonkin Gulf didn’t occur until 1964; Cuban Missile crisis was in 1962; the ramping up of welfare and destruction of a large swath of American Society didn’t begin until 1964. Maybe he’s referring to the totality of these events. But I still think they would pale against Viet Nam.
“50 year low? You mean the last time the people were so distrustful of government, Kennedy was president?”
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From the article:
“Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center.”