Overall confidence in US institutions at record low: Gallup

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Overall confidence in U.S. institutions hit an all-time low in a Gallup poll released Tuesday, with only 27 percent of Americans expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in 14 major U.S. institutions.

Gallup noted that the finding is 3 points below the prior low in 2014, adding that trust in major institutions has been in trouble for the past 15 years.

The presidency, Supreme Court, Congress, small business and the military are among the 14 institutions Gallup lists in its survey.

The presidency, Supreme Court and Congress all saw all-time lows in confidence, the survey giant noted.

As Americans continue to deal with record inflation, the presidency saw a 15-point drop in confidence compared to last year’s 23 percent.

Pollsters recorded at least a 10-point drop in confidence in the presidency from respondents from both political parties compared to last year.

Congress, meanwhile, saw a 5-point drop, to 7 percent.

The poll, which was was conducted before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, found an 11-point decrease in confidence in the court, to 25 percent.

The Supreme Court saw a double-digit loss in confidence from independents and Democrats, but no change among Republicans, according to pollsters.

Republicans lost more confidence than other parties in banks and expressed double-digit losses in confidence in the police and military, the survey found.

Organized religions saw a double-digit drop in confidence among independents, a small drop from Republicans and no change from Democrats.

The only institutions that registered confidence from a majority of Americans were small businesses and the military.

The survey was conducted from June 1 to June 20 among 1,015 adults. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.

BlackBlades on July 5th, 2022 at 16:07 UTC »

I hate the almost tourettes like way politicians quote our Constitution or the founding fathers, but Thomas Jefferson literally said in the Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

They have by now become critically destructive to the safety of all citizens by severing our votes from having consequences in elections. It's time to alter or abolish it until it insures the voting rights of all citizens who should and wish to vote are restored.

thickerviscosity on July 5th, 2022 at 14:45 UTC »

We'll never get anything done with a Senate that has a 40 plus million voter handicap plus an extra 10 senate vote handicap.

Democracy my ass.

DireSickFish on July 5th, 2022 at 14:25 UTC »

I'm confident. Confident they're going to continue to fuck us over.