Confidence in Congress, Supreme Court, Organized Religion, Press and TV Drop to Record Lows
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | March 14, 2015
Americans are having a tough time these days feeling really good about many of the country’s institutions.
Let’s start with Congress. A mere 5% of Americans say they have a great deal of confidence in the legislative branch of government, according to General Social Survey conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. More than half of respondents said they have hardly any confidence at all in Congress, and 40% only have some confidence in it.
The Supreme Court, according to the survey, reached a new all-time low with only 23% having a great deal of confidence. Twenty percent have hardly any confidence in the high court, and 54% have some confidence in it.
Things aren’t much better for the executive branch. Only 11% of adults expressed a great deal of confidence in it, only one point above the low of 10% back in 1996. A record-high 44% said they have hardly any confidence at all in the executive branch.
Outside of government, things are kind of dreary as well. Only 19% of Americans told the survey they have a great deal of confidence in organized religion, which matched an all-time low set in 2002.
People aren’t feeling it for the media or television, either. Seven percent expressed a great deal of confidence in the press, while 44% said they have hardly any confidence in it. When it comes to television, only 10% have a great deal of confidence, and 41% say they have hardly any confidence.
To Learn More:
Confidence in Institutions: Trends in Americans’ Attitudes toward Government, Media, and Business (Associated Press -NORC Center for Public Affairs Research)
Gallup Poll Finds Confidence in Congress Lowest of Any Institution Ever (by Steve Straehley, AllGov )
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The antidote to this lack of confidence is coming clean about 9-11. Here is Sean Stone interviewing Christopher Bollyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1lGqIGYSA&t=102 We must open this Pandora’s box fully. Ignoring these things has us in limbo–and more vulnerable than if we just confront pure evil directly.
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