How Can We Restore Trust in Political Institutions? w/ Sherman Tylawsky | Politics with Paul #107

How did we come to have such disturbingly low trust in so many American political institutions? And how do we restore that faith? Today's Politics with Paul guest, Sherman Tylawsky of the George Washington Institute, discusses these questions and more. Tune in to hear his insights on why it is important to have some faith (but not blind and unthinking faith) in the basic organizations, rules, and systems of American politics; why this lack of trust is a threat to democracy; and how fixing the problem is attainable. Key highlights: ✳️Where the lack of trust in political institutions is understandable and where it is based on misunderstandings/lack of knowledge ✳️Whether there is a difference between respect and trust of an institution ✳️The dangers that both blind faith and unthinking criticism of institutions pose ✳️Institutions that are typically well-regarded and ones that are heavily maligned ✳️Where and when partisan and ideological biases affect our trust and faith in institutions ✳️The importance of differentiating between political institutions themselves and the people who occupy them ✳️Where civics education needs to improve to increase trust in institutions and whether civics education itself faces distrust ▶️00:00 Intro: Sherman Tylawsky and Trust in Political Institutions ▶️01:51 Why Sherman Got Invested in Trust in Political Institutions ▶️05:28 The George Washington Institute and What it Does ▶️10:17 How Understandable is the Distrust of Institutions? ▶️17:31 Is There a Difference Between Trust and Respect? ▶️23:44 What Institutions are Trusted or Maligned the Most? ▶️31:52 Party and Ideology Labels' Impact on Faith in Institutions ▶️41:05 How Improving Civics Would Boost Trust in Institutions ▶️50:00 How to Convince People to Have More Faith in Institutions ▶️58:53 Random Question: The Word You'd Ban From the English Language ▶️1:01:49 Closing and Links to Our Works SHERMAN'S LINKS George Washington Institute: https://georgewashingtoninstitute.org/ Friends & Fellow Citizens Podcast: https://ffc.buzzsprout.com/ Friends & Fellow Citizens Podcast on YouTube:    / @friendsfellowcitizens   PAUL'S LINKS Other Works FREE 5-day educational email course on how to fight polarization: https://detoxifyamericanpolitics.com/ Buy my book about political independents: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Independen... Medium articles on elections and political science:   / paulrader-42650   Media LinkedIn:   / paulrader352   My website: https://paulrader.org/ Facebook:   / paulraderwrites   Email: paulraderwrites@gmail.com