CAMBRIDGE: In most advanced industrialized countries over the last 25 years, voters have steadily pulled away from politics. Nowhere is this more visible than in the United States. According to polls taken in the 1950s and 1960s, 75% of Americans trusted their government to do the right thing, most of the time. Today, only 20% believe this to be true. Add low voter-turnout and poorly attended political rallies to the mix and you get a worrying problem for politicians and political scientists.
CAMBRIDGE: In most advanced industrialized countries over the last 25 years, voters have steadily pulled away from politics. Nowhere is this more visible than in the United States. According to polls taken in the 1950s and 1960s, 75% of Americans trusted their government to do the right thing, most of the time. Today, only 20% believe this to be true. Add low voter-turnout and poorly attended political rallies to the mix and you get a worrying problem for politicians and political scientists.