POLS 34102 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Supreme Court Of The United States, United States Congress, Federal Government Of The United States
20 Nov 2018
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Low levels of trust in government have helped fuel support for outsider candidates, critical of government, in the. 2016 presidential elections: political efficacy is the belief that citizens can affect what government does. In recent decades, the public"s trust in government has declined. As public distrust of government has increased, so has public dissatisfaction with the government"s performance: americans today are less likely to think that they can influence what the government does. This view has led to increased apathy, declining political participation, and withdrawal from political life. Informed and active membership in a political community is the basis for citizenship. Citizens require political knowledge to be aware of their interests in a political dispute, to identify the best ways of acting on their interests, and to know what they cannot or should not ask of politicians and the government.
