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Trust in the American government is currently at an all time low (PEW 2025). As of 2025, only 17% of Americans say they are confident that the government will do what is right \u201cjust about always\u201d (2%) or \u201cmost of the time\u201d (15%). Trust among Democrats is especially low: only 9% say they trust the government always or most of the time. This may be in part due to current Republican government control and unusual behavior. Although government trust is typically higher among those aligned with the current party in power, even Republicans report only a 26% trust in the government (PEW 2025). Taken together this decline reflects a larger decline in how citizens perceive the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explaining the Decline<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Why is American trust in the government declining so much? Mistrust arises when the people detect a gap between their lives and government promises. From a sociological functionalist perspective, the government is a social institution designed to provide stability and order. The breakdown of trust is further explained by Karl Marx\u2019s conflict-based theory which suggests that social institutions are used by those in power to maintain status and wealth at the expense of the marginalized. Sociological research by Martin Gilens and colleagues (2014) found that the political system is highly responsive to the \u201cpower elite\u201d of society, while dismissing the poor or middle class. Citizens seem to also believe this is so. In 2025, 86% respondents in a PEW study reported believing that rich people have too much political influence demonstrating the perceived political inequality (PEW 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This creates a \u201cresponsive gap\u201d that fuels a public perception that the system is rigged, which causes a further breakdown of trust. As sociologist of trust Eric Uslaner (2018) argues, \u201ctrust is the glue that holds society together\u201d and high levels of economic inequality are primary drivers of its decline.
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Populism reflects government mistrust<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Public administration scholars Michael Bauer and Stefan Becker’s (2020) scholarship on populism reveals how it can produce government mistrust. Bauer and Becker (2020) found that President Trump’s negative view of the state drove him to try and sabotage state capacity and functioning. Trump\u2019s first term agenda featured efforts to sabotage government functioning. Efforts to dismantle the government fell short due to the \u201crobust\u201d administrative order of the American government. The Trump administration employed tactics such as filling bureaucratic positions with obstructive personnel, leaving leadership positions vacant, and scrutinizing government employees (Bauer & Becker 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump\u2019s hostile actions against the state gives the American people, especially his supporters, political reasons to not trust the government. Scholar Robert C. Rowland (2021) suggests that Trump repeatedly emphasized that the current political system was corrupt and that he alone was able to fix it in 2016. Trump used his knowledge of business to claim that he knew his way around a system fueled by the suffering of the common people (Rowland 2021). Trump’s populist rhetoric gave rise to mistrust between the people and the government which they were led to believe are profiting off them.
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Repairing the Bridge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Restoring trust requires structural reform that addresses the root causes of mistrust. Institutional legitimacy needs to be rebuilt. One way to do this is by addressing corruption. Lawrence Lessig (2011) defines institutional corruption as a systemic influence that weakens an institution\u2019s effectiveness by diverting it from its intended purpose. In recent years, pay-to-play politics has taken center stage in the discussion about political corruption (Brown 2016). An article from the Brennan Center for Justice identifies some worrying trends in political financing. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has donated to various political figures who have acted in favor of Altman by opposing the regulation of AI (Massoglia 2026). Additionally, President Trump’s many pardons to campaign donors who were convicted of corruption or fraud demonstrates further corruption (Massoglia 2026). To resolve political corruption, transparency needs to be dramatically increased and campaign finance must be reformed (Lessig 2011). Such actions can allow the government to \u201cre-center\u201d itself on the interests of the people (Lessig 2011). When citizens recognize the system is no longer skewed towards the wealthy, the structural basis for mistrust begins to dissolve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sociologist Margaret Levi (1998) identified the concept of \u201ccontingent consent\u201d which suggests that citizens are willing to trust the government only if they believe the government is acting in their interest and that other citizens are also following the rules. Following this concept, the government could rebuild trust by prioritizing tangible improvements in daily lives, such as in healthcare provision and infrastructure, that citizens can easily recognize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another way the government could tackle this issue is by rebuilding bottom-up social capital. Sociologist Theda Skocpol (2003) highlights that the decline in trust is associated with a move away from local, member-based civic organizations toward professional, elite-run advocacy groups. Skocpol (2003) argues for a return to \u201cdiminished democracy\u201d by reviving community-based engagement. When the government empowers local governance and fosters direct citizen participation it rebuilds the social capital necessary for a functioning democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crisis of government mistrust in America is an immediate and pressing issue. As the Pew Research Center\u2019s (2025) data illustrates, the disconnect between the people and the state is at a historical peak. Populist influences under the Trump administration and the privileges of the wealthy have caused a divide between the people and the government. Restoring this broken trust is one of the central challenges that our government faces in the 21st century. This is a difficult task that will require moving beyond partisanship to address the very foundations of how American society and our state functions. However, there are many ways that the government can begin to address government mistrust ranging from correcting response bias between the rich and poor to rebuilding social capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bauer, Michael W., and Stefan Becker. 2020. “Democratic Backsliding, Populism, and Public Administration.” Perspectives on Public Management and Governance 3(1):19\u201331. doi: 10.1093\/ppmgov\/gvz026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown, Heath A. 2016. Pay-to-Play Politics : How Money Defines the American Democracy.Santa Barbara, Calif: Praeger. doi: 10.5040\/9798400695735.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center. 2025. “Public Trust in Government: 1958-2025.” Retrieved October 20, 2023 (https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2025\/12\/04\/public-trust-in-government-1958-2025\/).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilens, Martin, and Benjamin I. Page. 2014. “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens.” Perspectives on Politics<\/em> 12(3):564\u2013581. doi: 10.1017\/S1537592714001595<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lessig, Lawrence. 2011. Republic, Lost : How Money Corrupts Congress–and a Plan to Stop It<\/em>.New York: Twelve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levi, Margaret, and V. A. Braithwaite. 1998. Trust and Governance<\/em>.New York: Russell Sage Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massoglia A (2026) Money in politics roundup – October 2025. Brennan Center for Justice. Available from: https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/money-politics-roundup-october-2025 (accessed 10 May 2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skocpol, Theda. 2003. Diminished Democracy : From Membership to Management in American Civic Life.<\/em>Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rowland, Robert C. 2021. The Rhetoric of Donald Trump; Nationalist Populism and American Democracy.University Press of Kansas. doi: 10.2307\/j.ctv1rr6dh8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uslaner, Eric M. 2018. The Moral Foundations of Trust<\/em>.New York: Cambridge University Press.Wike R, Fagan M, Huang C, et al. (2025) Economic inequality seen as major challenge around the world. Pew Research Center<\/em>, Pew Research Center. Available from: https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/global\/2025\/01\/09\/economic-inequality-seen-as-major-challenge-around-the-world\/ (accessed 10 May 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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