If one equates faith to trust, you’re correct.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/17/public-trust-in-government-1958-2021/Liberals 31% trust their government today compared to 9% when Trump was president
Conservatives 16% trust their government today compared to 37% during Trump’s presidency
Which party the president is from had a huge bearing on trust or perhaps faith in government. Yet, overall trust is very low even if your party holds the presidency. Overall trust in government is at 24%. Trust in our government has been way down since Watergate. Although it rebounded some under Reagan and right after 9-11.
Let me try this out. When it comes to elections 25-30% of all Americans vote against a candidate and or party, not for one. They don’t trust either party nor do their trust either candidate. It’s a choice of the lesser of two evils in their minds. Chances are this anti voters as I call them, didn’t like either candidate, just chose the one they wanted to lose the least. No trust or faith in the candidate or party they voted for, just a vote more against one candidate or party than the other.
Interesting, trust and faith was high prior to Watergate. That was a political era when both major parties had their conservative, moderate and liberal wings. Not broken down by political ideology. This too could have something to do with it. You had more moderate, more center leaning parties and candidates. I highly doubt either Eisenhower or JFK could win their respective parties’ nomination today. Neither was ideological pure enough to the left or right.
The above is just a SWAG, thoughts on paper if you will with nothing to back them up.
