According to the latest American Pulse Survey by BIGresearch, only 2.6% of the 3,978 respondents say members of Congress are trustworthy and 2.2% say the same for the Senate.

Even though only 14.2% say the President was trustworthy, relative to the Lawmakers, the gap is huge. The distrust of elected members of Congress and Senate is consistent among both sexes and all age groups. 70.7% don’t trust any of the choices. Surprisingly, more people say bloggers are more trustworthy than the media.

Responses to other topics measured in the study include:

37.8% don’t think social security will be around when they retire.
66.6% believe there is an imbalance between what men and women are paid.
93% believe there are problems with the U.S. Healthcare System
48.6% don’t buy organic foods
58% say he Michael Vick shouldn’t be allowed to play again in the NFL

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