Percent of Total Population Providing Cynical Responses To the Trust in Government Items

1958-1973

+1

Table 8: Government Run For The Benefit of All*

By Race and Education, 1972-1973

*Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the benefit of all the people?

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9:

Do Smart People Run the Government* By Race and Education, 1972-1973

*Do you feel that almost all of the people running the government are smart people who usually know what they are doing, or do you think that quite a few of them don't seem to know what they are doing?