In thinking about trends in popular trust of government, it is important to consider that

A. levels of trust may have been abnormally high in the 1950s.
B. little was expected of government in the 1990s.
C. polling techniques were not perfected until the 1970s.
D. few Americans understand government or pay attention to it.
E. people are more trusting of other institutions today.


Answer: A

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