Drivers Of Polarization: Distrust, Weak Social Fabric, Unfairness Distrust in Lack of government shared identity +++ +++ Systemic unfairness ++ Size of impact on respondent’s perception of polarization + Less than .20 ++ .20 to .30 +++ More than .30 Only significant drivers of polarization are shown Economic Societal Distrust in pessimism fears media + + + 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer. Regression analysis conducted on several questions. For a full explanation of how this data was calculated, please see the Technical Appendix.