15%
Of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what’s right just about always or most of the time, according to a new CNN/ORC International Poll.
The previous all-time low was 17 percent, set in the summer of 1994. Before the Watergate scandal, a majority of Americans said they trusted the government always or most of the time, but since 1974 that has happened only during a brief period in 2001 immediately after the 9/11 terrorism attacks.
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