The Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. has found that fewer Americans than ever trust the decisions made by the government

Data collected from a survey taken in January 2013 indicates that all demographics and partisan groups experienced an increasing lack of faith in government leadership, according to a release posted on the Pew Research website. “However, there are disparities,” the official summary noted. “[M]ore than twice as many Hispanics as whites (44% vs. 20%) trust the federal government, and more blacks (38%) than whites trust the government.” Researchers additionally observed that younger Americans trust the government more than their older counterparts, and that more liberals believe in the administration of Barack Obama than either independents or Republicans. Conversely, distrust of federal government is presently at 73%. Earlier on in the Obama administration, it reportedly hit a record high of 80 percent, according to a graph constructed and presented by researchers at Pew. Public perception of federal government has also gone down during Obama’s presidency – particularly among Democrats. “Since Barack Obama’s first year in office, public assessments of the federal government dropped nine points,” the release stated, citing findings from a survey conducted in April 2012. “Most of the change was among Democrats and independents, as the level of favorable views of government among Republicans was already low.”