According to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer, Business are more trusted than government in 18 of 27 countries including the United States.
With gridlock in Washington, high federal (and sometimes state) taxes, the spread of misinformation and disinformation via social media during the coronavirus pandemic, fights over regulations and reform, weakening infrastructure, and complete political division within the United States, there is a growing number of Americans that are not happy with their current political system. While there is undoubtedly more resentment towards federal and state government, this political discourse should be seen as motivation to improve government performance at the local level too.