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PEW RESEARCH CENTER A timeline of trust in the federal government: 1958: 73% of Americans trusted the federal government to do the right thing almost always or most of the time – when the National Election Study first asked the question. The 1960s and 1970s: Trust in government began eroding amid the escalation of the Vietnam War.
Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S. teens from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, 2025, through Ipsos. Ipsos recruited the teens via their parents, who ...
Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view scientists and their role in making public policy. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,593 U.S. adults from Oct. 21 to 27, 2024.
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Public trust in government remains low, as it has for much of the 21st century. Roughly two-in-ten Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (21%).
Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This fact sheet was created to better understand teens’ use of digital devices and the internet. Follow these links for more in-depth analysis of teens and technology: 10 facts about teens and social media Teens, Social Media and Mental Health