Obama bat tots els récords: 80% de desconfiança

Gairebé el 80 per cent dels nord-americans diuen que no confien que el govern dels EUA faci la feina ben feta, expressant així el més alt nivell de desconfiança cap a Washington en mig segle, d'acord amb una enquesta d'opinió pública.

Only 22 percent of Americans say they trust the government "just about always" or "most of the time," according to the Pew Research Center survey released on Sunday.

Americans' trust in the federal government has been on a steady decline from a high of 73 percent during the Eisenhower administration in 1958, when the "trust" question was first posed in a national survey, the research center said.

Economic uncertainty, a highly partisan environment and overwhelming discontent with Congress and elected officials were all factors contributing to the current wave of public distrust, the report said.

The long, bitter debate over the healthcare law that U.S. President Barack Obama signed last month made negative feeling about government, particularly Congress, even worse, according to the report based on a series of surveys of some 5,000 people.