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    July 18, 2019
    2. The state of personal trust

    Those with high personal trust have higher confidence in key leadership groups

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    2. The state of personal trust

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    Americans are worried about the declining level of trust citizens have in each other
    Those who think interpersonal trust has declined cite social ills, personal behavior and government problems among the reasons
    Those most concerned about state of interpersonal trust worry about social breakdown, polarized politics
    Components of the personal trust scale: Are people trustworthy, fair, helpful?
    Nonwhites, those under 50 and those with less education/income more likely to be low trusters
    Those with high personal trust have higher confidence in key leadership groups
    Americans embrace caution and collaboration as personal strategies, but split on trust vs. skepticism
    Many Americans have confidence in others to do the right thing in civic life at times, but not always
    Low trusters and high trusters have sharply different confidence levels in how Americans will behave in key civic situations
    The generation gap is large when it comes to views on respecting others, helping those in need, accepting elections
    Those with low interpersonal trust have less hope in key parts of public life

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