Fox News Poll Finds 25% Trust Federal Government, 74% Do Not

U.S. voters said they generally trust the federal government. Seventy-four percent said they do not trust it, and 1 percent were unsure.

The survey of 1,002 registered voters, conducted June 12-15, carries a margin of error of 3 percentage points. Trust stood at 32 percent in the two previous summers and has remained in the mid-to-low 30s since June 2013, according to Fox News polling. The poll recorded a previous low of 31 percent trust in late June 2023.

More than half of voters trusted the federal government in 2002, the earliest Fox News data cited, but trust has not exceeded 40 percent since the second Obama administration. Distrust reached 83 percent among Democrats, up from 73 percent one year earlier. About two-thirds of Republicans expressed distrust, while roughly one-third said they trust the government.

More than half of voters hold a pessimistic outlook on the economy. Twelve percent said they are getting ahead financially, 44 percent said they are falling behind, and 43 percent said they are holding steady.

President Trump told reporters in France on June 17 that he did not want to see economic catastrophe and that keeping the conflict going could have caused it. U.S. reached a deal with Tehran that included reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

The polling comes ahead of the November midterms.