{"id": 1195707, "name": "Trust in US government (smoothed trend)", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2026-02-17T11:23:27.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-02-17T11:23:27.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1958-2025", "datasetId": 7376, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "trust_us_government_smoothed", "catalogPath": "grapher/pew/2026-02-16/trust_us_government/trust_us_government#trust_us_government_smoothed", "descriptionShort": "Share of people who say they trust the US government to do what is right just about always/most of the time, based on a smoothed trend.", "descriptionFromProducer": "% who say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right just about always/most of the time\n\nSources: Pew Research Center, National Election Studies, Gallup, ABC/Washington Post, CBS/New York Times, and CNN surveys.\n\nNote: From 1976-February 2025, the smoothed trend line represents a three-survey moving average. Data prior to 1976, and the most recent number (September 2025), are from individual polls.", "descriptionProcessing": "From the original data, we extracted the smoothed trend (which is a three-survey moving average) and then averaged the values to have one observation per year.", "type": "float", "datasetName": "Public trust in US government - Pew Research Center", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-02-16", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Trust in US government", "unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "tolerance": 5, "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Trust"]}, "descriptionKey": ["This data shows the share of people replying \"just about always\" or \"most of the time\" to the question \"How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in Washington to do what is right?\" The options were \"just about always\", \"most of the time\", \"only some of the time\", and \"never\".", "The data combines surveys from Pew Research Center, National Election Studies, Gallup, ABC/Washington Post, CBS/New York Times, and CNN.", "From the original data, we extracted the smoothed trend (which is a three-survey moving average) and then averaged the values to have one observation per year."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1958}, {"id": 1964}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1972}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 12531, "title": "Public trust in US government - Pew Research Center", "description": "% who say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right just about always/most of the time. Data from Pew Research Center, National Election Studies, Gallup, ABC/Washington Post, CBS/New York Times, and CNN surveys.", "producer": "Pew Research Center", "citationFull": "\u201cPublic Trust in Government: 1958-2025.\u201d Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (4 December 2025) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/12/04/public-trust-in-government-1958-2025/.", "attributionShort": "Pew Research Center", "urlMain": "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/12/04/public-trust-in-government-1958-2025/", "dateAccessed": "2026-02-16", "datePublished": "2025-12-04", "license": {"url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/about/terms-and-conditions/", "name": "Pew Research Center Terms of Use"}}]}