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Right when you think trust in government has bottomed out, Gallup releases a new poll.

Gallup is reporting  Less than half of Americans trust the government to handle any kind of problems, anall-time low..

According to Gallup. just 49% of Americans have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the federal government to handle international problems

The previous low was 51 percent in 2007.

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And, that’s the good news.

Trust is even lower on domestic issues.

The public’s trust is even lower when it comes to domestic issues.

Just 42 percent of Americans have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the government to handle issues at home.

That’s one point below the previous low from 2011.

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Here’s the breakdown by party affiliation.

Note that only about 1 in 3 Independents trust the government on domestic issues.

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