Are Trust and Voter Apathy Related?

A new survey released on January 22, 2007 reports on the professions that Canadians consider the most trustworthy. The poll, conducted for Sympatico/MSN by Ipsos Reid, found that 93% of Canadians rate firefighters as the most trustworthy professionals. Of interest, is that politicians were lowest on the list, ranking at only 7% with the local car salesmen. Read the survey here: http:/www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=631793

My question then, is whether there is a correlation between lack of trust and voter apathy? If trust were lacking, I feel that I would in fact, be more likely to vote. In the 2006 federal election, only 64% of people eligible to vote actually did. Several electoral districts were actually won by acclamation; therefore, neither eligible voters nor actual votes were recorded. The 2004 election had an even more depressing turnout at 60%, the lowest turnout in Canadian history!

The survey respondents identified factors such as integrity, commitment to promises, and reliability as the most important attribute to assess trustworthiness. Less important attributes were professionalism, reputation, personal experience, and contribution to society.

If something as critical as lack of trust will not drive people to vote, what are the issues that would?