(POLL) Confidence in news media and other major US institutions at an all time low


American confidence in major US institutions has been lacking for most of the past 15 years, but trust in key institutions has hit a new low.

That’s according to Gallup News, which found most of the institutions rank at historic lows, and that average confidence across all institutions is now four points below the prior low.

Polling showed significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions, and no improvements noted for any.

The largest declines in confidence are 11 percentage points for the Supreme Court — as reported in late June before the court issued controversial rulings on gun laws and abortion — and 15 points for the presidency, matching the 15-point drop in President Joe Biden’s job approval rating since the last confidence survey in June 2021.

Participants were asked the following question: Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one of these major institutions– a great deal, quite a lot, some or very little.

Change in Americans’ Confidence in Major U.S. Institutions, 2021-2022

Gallup

This year’s poll marks new lows in confidence for all three branches of the federal government: the Supreme Court (25%), the presidency (23%) and Congress (7%).

Five other institutions are at their lowest points in at least three decades of measurement, including the church or organized religion (31%), newspapers (16%), the criminal justice system (14%), big business (14%) and the police.

Confidence in big tech companies is also at a low point (26%). That has only been measured the past three years.

The military is the only other institution besides small business for which a majority of Americans express confidence, with a 64% rating.

Newspapers, criminal justice system, big business, television news and Congress round out the five lowest rated institutions respectively.

Read full survey results here.

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6 thoughts on “(POLL) Confidence in news media and other major US institutions at an all time low”

  1. JOHN W KALMBACH

    MORE CASUALTIES OF OUR WASHINGTON-CENTRIC ELITIST GOVERNMENT, IN SPITE OF A NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS–P.E., JOURNALISM, MILITARY–WHO SEEM DETERMINED TO COMMIT SUICIDE!

    1. The military is under orders, the rest of the institutions make their own decisions. I don’t care if they commit suicide, but the fact that are determined to destroy America first is what bothers me.

  2. GEORGE fate Eady

    YES WE CAN SEE THAT THEY ALL HAVE BEEN BOUGHT. AND BOUGHT BY THE DNC AND THERE BIG MONEY.AND WHENM YOU ADD THE GOV OFFICES THEY CONTROL. HELL PEOPLE IT IS ACTION LIKE THIS THAT LEADS TO WAR. AND FROM DAY ONE THAT IS WHAT THE DNC HAS PUSHED FOR. WAR IS THE ONLY WAY THEY THE DNC WIONT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL OF THERE ACTIONS . THEY DONT CARE IT WILL DESTORY THE GRATEST NATION ON EARTH. JEST LOOKING OUT FOR THERE SORRY ASSES

  3. While this looks bad, I am trying to figure out if it is way worse than that. I have not expected anything out of the Supreme Court since it chose not to hear the Texas lawsuit over electoral fraud. while I oppose abortion, returning the decision to the states did not change my outlook. Did returning abortion to the States increase or decrease the trust factor?
    I am surprised the Unions did not lose trust unless people do not realize the control the Teachers union has over public education as has been put front and center with COVID and CRT.
    Did the military lose trust because of the Woke direction Biden has ordered or is it something else?
    A number of institutions are aligned with the Democrats, how did this affect the ratings?

    I am inclined to say it looks worse than the it is if you look at the face value of the ratings.

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