Both Cause and Consequence: Polarization Itself Leads to Further Distrust Percent trust among those who say GLOBAL 26 excludes France Distrust Neutral Trust (1-49) (50-59) (60-100) My country is … … not very divided … divided, not entrenched … polarized: divisions are entrenched When we see our country 68 68 as polarized, we don’t trust 64 58 63 65 54 50 50 49 35 26 Bus NGOs Media Govt Bus NGOs Media Govt Bus NGOs Media Govt 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do what is right.9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. General population, 26-mkt avg., by perceived level of division. For more information on how these segments are defined, please refer to the Technical Appendix. Due to a translation inconsistency, the France data was removed from the global data. For more details contact the Trust Barometer research team.