"political trust" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it to refer to trust placed in a political leader or political organization. For example, "Many people have lost political trust in their government due to recent scandals."
A host of academic studies have explored the impact of intersections between race and class, noting, for instance, that in states with larger black populations race becomes more salient to the politics of social provision, altering the dynamics of social and political trust.
That is not what you'd call domestic political trust.
Political trust reflects an assessment of how well the government is performing, not of what it should be doing.
It's not yet clear how long it will take to restore healthy water, and political trust, in Flint.
Now it's political trust that needs to be repaired, after it was shredded by spin and Iraq.
"Overall levels of political trust and satisfaction with democracy [declined] across much of Europe, but this varied markedly between countries.
Political trusts deny power to the many by concentrating power in the hands of the few.
The White House is deploying President Obama's political brain trust from the 2008 campaign to help make the case for military action in Syria.
Empire State has also hired friends of Mr. Cuomo who may help form his political brain trust should he decide to run for president in 2016.
WILMINGTON, Del .— In early February, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s political brain trust gathered in the study of his home on a lake here to consider his options.
The ambassador said the improvement in relations was down to the fact that "political mutual trust has been very much enhanced".
