Poll: Four in 10 Americans distrust political system

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Almost four out of every 10 Americans have “hardly any” trust in the U.S. political system, according to new national survey

“Americans express middling levels of confidence in political institutions and procedures,” an Associated Press poll of 1,060 people nationwide shows. “Only 1 in 10 have a great deal of confidence in the political system of the United States while about half have some confidence and nearly 4 in 10 have hardly any confidence.”

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