president's public approval rating after the pardon announcement”(Rozell
1994,p.112). This overall shows a clear example of how Watergate's exposure
led to an increase in particularised distrust in the US president and as such lead
to Americans utilising conventional forms of political participation in order to
voice their complaints. Crucially, higher levels of particularised distrust in Nixon
did not cause citizens to lose trust in institutional mechanisms and engage in
non-institutional or illegal participation.
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