Do Americans trust their government? - BBC News

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It was 40 years ago that Richard Nixon left the White House, becoming the only US president ever to resign from office.

The episode dealt a blow to the trust Americans had for their government in Washington - a trust already slipping since the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F Kennedy.

The Pew Research Center assembled data from 1958 to the present, charting the highs and lows of trust in the federal government.

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