Americans’ views of President Joe Biden have rebounded slightly from their dismal outlook over the summer, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. But public assessment of the economy remains grim, and Americans remain largely unconvinced that Biden, Congress or the government as a whole are meaningfully addressing […] Read more »
Trust in Federal Government Branches Continues to Falter
Americans continue to lack faith in the federal government, with low levels of trust in all three branches. Gallup previously reported that trust in the judicial branch of the federal government has cratered in the past two years; it now sits at 47%, below the majority level for the first […] Read more »
Trust in Government on Foreign Problems Has Mostly Recovered
Americans’ trust in the federal government to handle international problems has mostly recovered from last year’s record-low reading following the United States’ troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The current 45% of U.S. adults who express “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of confidence in the government’s handling of foreign issues […] Read more »
Government Agency Ratings: CIA, FBI Up; Federal Reserve Down
Gallup’s latest update on federal government agency and department ratings finds a partial recovery in attitudes toward the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after sharp declines between 2019 and 2021. Meanwhile, Americans have soured on the job the Federal Reserve Board is doing as it […] Read more »
Why have so many Americans come to mistrust the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court opens its 2022 term on Oct. 3 with its lowest public approval rating in modern history, which the justices are acutely aware of. One reason is that the court issued some highly controversial decisions last term — most notably, the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. […] Read more »
Supreme Court Trust, Job Approval at Historical Lows
Forty-seven percent of U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the judicial branch of the federal government that is headed by the Supreme Court. This represents a 20-percentage-point drop from two years ago, including seven points since last year, and is now […] Read more »