As Election Day closes in on us, a lot of fascinating poll results are flying around. But as a longtime political corruption reporter, I’ve found myself particularly intrigued by the numbers showing how Americans feel about the out-of-control graft in Washington, DC. To be brief: Voters are very concerned. And not just a bare majority. Nearly everyone is worried about corruption—roughly 90 percent of respondents in multiple surveys.

Plenty of news has been feeding voter anxieties lately. There’s the hundreds of millions of dollars Donald Trump has apparently earned in crypto deals, including selling a stake of his crypto firm to the national security adviser (and brother to the leader) of the United Arab Emirates. The president has solicited corporate and oligarch money for his pet building projects, and his adult children have mingled their own financial interests with America’s global priorities.

During Trump’s first administration, government ethics experts explained how he was crossing lines no president had ever before crossed. This term, they’ve........

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