America's politics is broken

Washington

On this July Fourth, Americans are deeply disillusioned with politics and government. A Pew poll late last year found that only 19 per cent of people trust the government all or most of the time.

It was not always so. In 1964, fully 77 per cent per cent of Americans answered the question positively. Disenchantment extends to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, their parties' presumptive nominees. Both have "unfavourable" ratings exceeding 50 per cent, reports Real Cle…