How Virginians View Fairness, Helpfulness, Trustworthiness

Distribution of Virginia Trust Index questions, November 2025

Response distributions to three trust questions in Virginia, November 2025; FAIR = "Do you think most people would try to take advantage of you if they got a chance (negative), or would they try to be fair (positive)?"; HELPFUL = "Would you say that most of the time people try and be helpful (positive), or that they are mostly looking out for themselves (negative)?"; TRUST = "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted (positive) or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people (negative)?"; DK = Don't know/No response
Chart: Alice Louise Kassens, Ph.D.Source: Institute for Policy and Opinion Research, Roanoke CollegeGet the dataDownload imageCreated with Datawrapper