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POLITICS● LOW9h ago · Oct 14, 2026, 4:37 PM

Americans are losing faith in their fellow voters

Axios · north america

Data: Gallup; Chart: AxiosAmericans' trust in their fellow citizens' democratic judgment has fallen to its lowest recorded level in more than five decades, according to a new Gallup survey.The big picture: Americans' growing distrust of political leaders and institutions now extends to one another, with Democrats and Republicans showing similar levels of skepticism.By the numbers: 51% of U.S. adults have a great deal or fair amount of trust in Americans as a whole to make democratic judgments, per Gallup.That's the lowest reading since Gallup began tracking the measure in 1974.The distrust cut

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