Gallup polls Americans on their confidence in American institutions, publishing results every summer (see 2023, 2022, 2021).
Taking an average, Gallup also tracks overall confidence in US institutions, which have declined from an all-time high when polling began in 1979 of 48% to an all-time low in 2023 of 26%.
Will Gallup polling show a decline (i.e. 25% or less) in Americans' average confidence in US institutions in 2024?
Questions on the US institutions that makeup the average:
Other questions on Americans' confidence in US institutions:
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3.00Gallup has published 2024's confidence in US institutions polling.
Confidence % for 2024 plus comparison to 2023:
Overall - 28% - an INCREASE compared to 26% in 2023
Institutions that improved in confidence:
Small business - 68% - an INCREASE compared to 65% in 2023
Military - 61% - an INCREASE compared to 60% in 2023
Police - 51% - an INCREASE compared to 43% in 2023
Medical system - 36% - an INCREASE compared to 34% in 2023
Supreme Court - 30% - an INCREASE compared to 27% in 2023
Public schools - 29% - an INCREASE compared to 26% in 2023
Organized labor - 28% - an INCREASE compared to 25% in 2023
Large tech companies - 27% - an INCREASE compared to 26% in 2023
Banks - 27% - an INCREASE compared to 26% in 2023
Criminal justice system - 21% - an INCREASE compared to 17% in 2023
Big business - 16% - an INCREASE compared to 14% in 2023
Congress - 9% - an INCREASE compared to 8% in 2023
Institutions that have no change in confidence:
Higher education - 36% - the SAME as 2023
Organized religion - 32% - the SAME as 2023
Presidency - 26% - the SAME as 2023
Newspapers - 18% - the SAME as 2023
Institutions that decreased in confidence:
Television news - 12% - a DECLINE compared to 14% in 2023
That means every US confidence in institutions question should resolve NO, including this one about overall confidence, except for Television news, which resolves YES.