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Confidence in major U.S. institutions such as the government, media, law enforcement, and Big Tech is at a record low and has not improved at all since 2021, a new report from Gallup found.
Of the 16 institutions Gallup measured Americans’ confidence in, “Congress” ranked the worst, with only 7 percent of those surveyed claiming they trusted the legislative body. That’s a 5-point drop since Gallup’s 2021 poll.
“The presidency” and “the U.S. Supreme Court” also lost a noteworthy amount of Americans’ trust since last year. While the presidency clocked 38 percent confidence last year and SCOTUS received 36 percent, both branches of government dropped into the low- to mid-20s in 2022.
Specifically, the court had a 25 percent vote of confidence with Americans before the Dobbs v. Jackson decision was released, and the presidency held 23 percent of Americans’ trust. That’s even lower than President Joe Biden’s current 38 percent approval rating.
Other institutions such as church or organized religion (31 percent), the criminal justice system (14 percent), big business (14 percent), newspapers (16 percent), and police (45 percent) marked their lowest votes of confidence since the 1990s, according to Gallup.
Americans have also significantly lost trust in the media. Only 11 percent of those surveyed said they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in “television news.” That confidence goes up to 16 percent with newspapers but, much like the TV news category, is still down 5 points from just last year.
Trust in the media is drastically split along partisan lines. While only 8 percent of Republicans and 8 percent of independents say they still have faith in TV news, 20 percent of Democrats reported confidence in broadcast media. When it comes to newspapers, only 5 percent of Republicans and 12 percent of independents say they have confidence, compared to 35 percent of Democrats.
Only small businesses and the U.S. military seem to have captured more than 50 percent of Americans’ vote of confidence.
乔登·保德（北明译）： 美国人对政府、媒体及其他主要机构的信任度降至历史最低点
盖洛普公司的一份新报告发现人们对政府、媒体、执法部门和大科技公司等美国主要机构的信心处于历史最低点，而且自2021年以来无任何改善。
在盖洛普衡量美国人信心的16个机构中，国会的排名最差，只有7%的受访者声称他们信任这个立法机构。这比盖洛普（Gallup）2021年的调查下降了5个百分点。
自去年以来，值得注意的是，”总统府 “和 “美国最高法院 “也失去了美国人的信任。去年总统府的信任度为38%，最高法院的信任度为36%，而在2022年，这两个政府部门的信任度都下降到了20以下。
具体而言，在多布斯诉杰克逊（Dobbs v. Jackson）案的裁决发布之前，法院在美国人中的信任度为25%，(北明注：堕胎一案，决将权力下放到各州的裁决后，对高法的信任度从25%上升到38%。如果依据宪法裁决其他个案而不顾“政治正确”，估计信任度还会上升。)而总统府在美国人中的信任度为23%。这甚至比乔·拜登总统目前38%的支持率还要低。
根据盖洛普的数据，其他机构，如教会或有组织的宗教（31%），刑事司法系统（14%），大企业（14%），报纸（16%），警察（45%），标志着他们自20世纪90年代以来的最低信任度。
美国人也明显失去了对媒体的信任。只有11%的受访者说他们对 “电视新闻 “有 “很大 “或 “相当大 “的信心。 （北明注：相对于受访者对媒体的11%信任度，2020年9月盖洛普的调查数据显示信任度维系在40%。不到一年再度下降29个百分点！参阅2019年初《北明访谈调查上：美国主流媒体怎么了（上）》（更新版））对报纸的信心上升到16%，但与电视新闻类别一样，仍比去年下降了5个百分点。
对媒体的信任在党派之间存在着巨大的分歧。虽然只有8%的共和党人和8%的独立人士说他们对电视新闻仍有信心，但20%的民主党人表示对广播媒体有信心。谈到报纸，只有5%的共和党人和12%的无党派人士说他们有信心，而民主党人则有35%。
似乎只有小企业和美国军队获得了超过50%的美国人的信任票。
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.
