Reading path
Trust and democracy
8 chapters in reading order. A path is a way through the book that follows one question; every chapter also stands alone.
- 1Confidence in thirteen institutions
Chapter 6.1 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
The average gap between Democrats and Republicans in the share with a great deal of confidence in thirteen institutions rose from 4.8 points in 1973-1980 to 6.7 in 2011-2018 and was 9.4 in person in 2022-2024, and the gaps run in both directions.
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- 2Trust in government
Chapter 6.2 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
Does partisans' trust in the federal government follow the party in the White House?
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- 3Trust in science
Chapter 6.3 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
When did confidence in science become a partisan divide, and what did COVID change?
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- 4Generalized and institutional trust
Chapter 6.4 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
Have trust in other people and confidence in institutions fallen together?
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- 5Institutional trust outside the United States
Chapter 6.5 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
Are partisan or ideological gaps in institutional confidence widening in other democracies?
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- 6Tolerance of speech
Chapter 6.6 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
In 2008 to 2018 Democrats allowed a racist to speak 6.8 points less often than Republicans did, while the party gaps on four speakers that conservatives are expected to object to were within 2.1 points of zero and liberals allowed those four more often than conservatives did.
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- 7Support for democracy
Chapter 6.7 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
In a fixed set of 39 countries, approval of a strong leader rose by 9.9 points and approval of army rule by 7.6 points between 1995 to 1998 and 2017 to 2023 while support for a democratic system changed by +1.2 points, an average of countries whose survey program stayed the same (−2.8 points) and countries whose program switched (+3.5 points).
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- 8Political violence and democratic norms
Chapter 6.8 in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy
In the 2024 ANES, 17.2% of adult citizens said violence to pursue political goals is justified at least a little, with no party gap that the data separate from zero, while Republicans were more likely than Democrats to expect an inaccurate vote count and to call Trump the legitimate winner of 2020.
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