27% of Americans have a lot of confidence in 14 major American institutions, a record low since 1979 and a 5% drop from 2021, according to a poll conducted by Gallup.
The trust in the presidency fell due to a decline in the approval rate for the president.
According to the poll, which was taken from June 1 to June 20, the Supreme Court's confidence fell to a record low of 25%.
Since 1993, Gallup has monitored public confidence in 14 major U.S. institutions and two small businesses.
The criminal justice system, police, the medical system, and public schools all lost confidence over the course of the next four years.
Only 7% of Americans said they had a lot of faith in Congress, which was a new record low.
Americans had the most faith in small businesses, the military and the police, but their confidence waned over the course of the next four years.
Newspapers, big business and television news, as well as organized labor, did not see a decline in confidence over the course of the next four years.
The average trust in all institutions fell by four points among Republicans, five points among Democrats and six points among independents. Democrats and Independents were more likely to lose confidence in the Supreme Court than Republicans were.
The Iraq War, the Great Recession, partisan gridlock in Congress and Covid-19 are some of the factors that have caused Americans to lose confidence in major institutions. Since 2004, average confidence in American institutions has fallen. The latest lack of trust in U.S. institutions is 9% lower than it was in 2020, when the Covid Pandemic wreaked havoc on the country. Two months after Biden's approval rate hit a record low due to rising inflation and Russia's war in Ukraine, a new survey shows. According to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 85% of Americans think the United States is headed in the wrong direction.
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