&gt; do the people even distrust the government?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gallup.com&#x2F;poll&#x2F;5392&#x2F;trust-government.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gallup.com&#x2F;poll&#x2F;5392&#x2F;trust-government.aspx</a><p>&gt; Just look at the Presidential candidates.<p>The Republican frontrunner is popular mostly because he has nothing to do with the government, and has no respect for most of the government.<p>Anyway, looking at presidential candidates is not that useful, because I think a huge amount of voters would say something like &quot;I don&#x27;t trust the government at all, that&#x27;s why I&#x27;m voting for &lt;x&gt;&quot;.