Seven years after the worst financial crisis in the U.S. since the Great Depression, the percentage of Americans expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in banks remains low (28%), but this is higher than their 21% confidence in 2012. CONT. Andrew Dugan, Gallup Read more »
Nation’s Confidence Ebbs at a Steady Drip
In taking office during two overseas wars and the Great Recession, President Obama set out to restore society’s frayed faith in its public institutions, saying that the question was not whether government was too big or small, “but whether it works.” Six years later, Americans seem more dubious than ever […] Read more »
Americans Losing Confidence in All Branches of U.S. Gov’t
Americans’ confidence in all three branches of the U.S. government has fallen, reaching record lows for the Supreme Court (30%) and Congress (7%), and a six-year low for the presidency (29%). The presidency had the largest drop of the three branches this year, down seven percentage points from its previous […] Read more »
Inside America’s Dour Decade
These are tough times for politicians looking for public support – particularly the kind of support that’s measured in polls. In the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, only 44% say they have positive feelings toward President Barack Obama. For the Democratic Party, the figure is 36%. For the Republican […] Read more »
A New Glass Ceiling
… As the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll released Friday showed, few Americans are looking to the pinnacle of either government or business for solutions. When asked whether an array of large institutions are mostly helping or mostly hurting the country as it tries to address its major challenges, […] Read more »
Americans’ Satisfaction With U.S. Gov’t Drops to New Low
Eighteen percent of Americans are satisfied with the way the nation is being governed, down 14 percentage points from the 32% recorded last month before the partial government shutdown began. This is the lowest government satisfaction rating in Gallup’s history of asking the question dating back to 1971. [cont.] Joy […] Read more »