Moreover, though party politics have become more polarized in recent decades, this follows the 1950s and early 1960s, when the escape from the Great Depression and victory in World War II fueled unusually high confidence in US institutions. In fact, the sharpest decline in public trust in the government occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
此外，尽管党派政治在近几十年来日益极化，但此趋势的起点是20世纪50年代至60年代初，当时，从大萧条中走出并在二战中获胜使得美国人对美国制度的信心空前高涨。事实上，对政府的公共信任的最剧烈降幅发生在20世纪60年代末到70年代初。