Elections, at their most basic level, are exchanges of trust: voters choose which politicians get their trust, and politicians trust voters to make an informed choice. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, Canada is second to Britain when it comes to the trust gap, a measure of those who trust in the democratic system and those who don’t, Susan Delacourt writes. The gap is revealed in what’s called the “trust barometer” — an annual, international survey by the Edelman communications firm. Now that we’ve got that good news (let’s hope it’s not fake news) out of the way, back to the disturbing trust gap. In the U.S., the survey shows trust levels at 60 per cent among the informed public and 47 per cent among the mass population — a 13 point gap.

Source: thestar February 15, 2019 22:41 UTC