Poll: Millions in US struggle through life with few to trust

An Impact Genome/AP-NORC poll finds 18% of Americans say they have only one person or no one they can rely on for personal support. Black and Hispanic Americans are especially likely to say so.

FILE - In this April 26, 2021, file photo a person stands on an observation tower as the moon rises in New Albany, Ind. Millions of Americans are struggling through life with few people they can trust for personal and professional help, a disconnect that raises a key barrier to recovery from the social, emotional and economic fallout of the pandemic. That's according to a new poll from Impact Genome and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo a lone pedestrian casts a long shadow while passing through the plaza in front of the gate top Coors Field at the corner of 20th Street and Blake early in Denver. Millions of Americans are struggling through life with few people they can trust for personal and professional help, a disconnect that raises a key barrier to recovery from the social, emotional and economic fallout of the pandemic. That's according to a new poll from Impact Genome and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2021, file photo a man watches the sunset from a peak at Papago Park in Phoenix. Millions of Americans are struggling through life with few people they can trust for personal and professional help, a disconnect that raises a key barrier to recovery from the social, emotional and economic fallout of the pandemic. That's according to a new poll from Impact Genome and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)