Trust and confidence in the government has declined in recent decades. Divided government is a situation in which one party controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of the United States Congress, thus leading to Congressional gridlock. The divided government has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in the government because of gridlock, laws/legislation being passed extremely slow, and heightened partisanship (following the majority of their party). The increase cost of election campaigns has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in the government because candidates spend more time campaigning for money than they do campaigning for their positions, the fact that small contributions don't matter, and how PACs are so prominent and are overtaking the campaign process- basically determining the winner of the campaign by the amount of money they raised. Two specific consequences of the decline in trust and confidence in the government for individual political behavior are protesting and the decline in the number of people registering to vote and actually voting. Citizens are tired of all the controversy going on between everyone in parliament and just want to be able to simply vote for someone who can be trusted to lead them faithfully.
2004_43) Trust and confidence in government have declined in recent decades.(a) Explain how divided government has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in government. Be sure to include a definition of divided government in your response(b) Explain how the increased cost of election campaigns has contributed to the decline in trust and confidence in government.(c) Explain two specific consequences of the decline in trust and confidence in government for individual political behavior.
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