A Gallup poll that was released on Sept. 19 revealed that in 2014, 75 percent of Americans say that widespread corruption is pervasive in the U.S. government. This figure is 9 percentage points higher than six years ago, when 66 percent of Americans agreed that government was corrupt. It does, however, mark a 4 percent drop from 2013, when 79 percent — nearly four out of five Americans — voiced concern over corruption.
The Gallup poll surveyed roughly 1,000 Americans via telephone between 2007 and 2014. Gallup states that the margin of error on their results stands at plus or minus 4 percentage points, making for a 95 percent confidence level.
In an international poll conducted by Freedom House, the U.S. ranks as the 13th population most distrustful of its government. Their poll only includes countries that have freedom of the press. Ghana and Portugal are the third and second most pessimistic populations with Lithuania topping the list with 90 percent. Sweden ranks at the very bottom of the list with just 14 percent of Swedes suspecting corruption in their government.
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