{"id":6210,"date":"2013-10-21T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2013-10-21T16:51:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:51:48","slug":"shutdown-bonanza-plunging-trust-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/21\/shutdown-bonanza-plunging-trust-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown Bonanza: Plunging Trust in Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government shutdown sometimes looked like nothing more than a gambit to give a paid vacation to federal employees. However, a new poll shows that &#8220;Just 19% say that they trust the government in Washington to do what is right just about always or most of the time, down seven points since January.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the historical trendline on trust in government from the Pew Research Center &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/trust-in-govt-poll-10-18-2013-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/trust-in-govt-poll-10-18-2013-1.png\" alt=\"trust in govt poll 10-18-2013-1\" width=\"290\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/trust-in-govt-poll-10-18-2013-1.png 290w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/trust-in-govt-poll-10-18-2013-1-103x150.png 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is this the start of a great new Political Enlightenment? <\/p>\n<p>Probably not, but I&#8217;m trying to think positive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government shutdown sometimes looked like nothing more than a gambit to give a paid vacation to federal employees. 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