Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they trust local government the most while state government ranks second to solve problems, but just a little more than a third say they trust Congress, the least trusted, according to the latest Gallup survey released Friday. In its annual survey ...
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they trust local government the most while state government ranks second to solve problems, but just a little more than a third say they trust Congress, the least trusted, according to the latest Gallup survey released Friday.
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say they trust state government, and 55% trust the American people "as a whole" to handle issues facing the United States. The judicial branch earned 49% in the survey, followed by the federal government , executive branch , political candidates , the federal government followed by Congress, which is down 6 points from the 38% Gallup recorded for lawmakers in last year's survey.
Gallup conducted the survey Sept. 1-23, one week before Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown. And since then, the GOP-led House has ousted its speaker and continues to operate without one while the clock ticks on the next potential shutdown next month. "American citizens continue to lack trust in the federal government, with less than half expressing a great deal or fair amount of trust in any federal government institution," Gallup said in its summary. "This includes the Supreme Court, which had long been among the most trusted institutions but has seen that trust erode amid a series of conservative-leaning rulings, including its unpopular decision on abortion.
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