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Data are from nationwide surveys of Americans 18 & older.
 

Major Institutions

The Harris Poll. Feb. 5-11, 2008. N=1,010 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"As far as people in charge of running [see below] are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them?"

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Great Deal of Confidence

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2/08 2/07      
% %      
The military 51 46      
Small business 47 54      
Major educational institutions, such as colleges and universities 32 37      
Medicine 28 37      
The U.S. Supreme Court 25 27      
Organized religion 25 27      
Public schools 20 22      
The courts and the justice system 16 21      
Television news 16 20      
The White House 15 22      
Major companies 14 16      
Organized labor 11 15      
Wall Street 11 17      
The press 10 12      
Law firms 10 13      
Congress 8 10      

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Great Deal of Confidence

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2/06 2/05 2/04 12/02 1/02
% % % % %
The military 47 47 62 62 71
Small business 45 47 n/a n/a n/a
Major educational institutions, such as colleges and universities 38 39 37 31 33
The U.S. Supreme Court 33 29 29 34 41
Medicine 31 29 32 31 29
Organized religion 30 27 27 19 23
The White House 25 31 31 40 50
Public schools 22 26 n/a n/a n/a
The courts and the justice system 21 22 n/a n/a n/a
Television news 19 16 17 21 24
Wall Street 15 15 17 12 19
The press 14 12 15 15 16
Major companies 13 17 12 13 16
Organized labor 12 17 15 14 11
Congress 10 16 13 20 22
Law firms 10 11 10 12 13

 

Gallup Poll. June 11-14, 2007. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"I am going to read you a list of institutions in American society. Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one: a great deal, quite a lot, some, or very little. . . ."

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A Great
Deal		 Quite
a Lot		 Some Very
Little		 None
(vol.)		 Unsure
% % % % % %

The military
   6/11-14/07 39 30 21 8 1 -
   6/1-4/06 41 32 19 5 1 1

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Small business
   6/11-14/07 24 35 32 7 - 2

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The police
   6/11-14/07 23 31 33 12 1 1
   6/1-4/06 25 33 29 10 2 1

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The church or organized religion
   6/11-14/07 24 22 30 21 2 2
   6/1-4/06 28 24 26 19 2 1

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Banks
   6/11-14/07 15 26 44 13 1 1
   6/1-4/06 18 31 39 10 - 1

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The U.S. Supreme Court
   6/11-14/07 14 20 41 21 2 2
   6/1-4/06 14 26 41 15 1 3

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The public schools
   6/11-14/07 14 19 41 25 1 1
   6/1-4/06 15 22 36 23 2 2

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The medical system
   6/11-14/07 13 18 38 28 2 1
   6/1-4/06 14 24 36 22 2 1

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The presidency
   6/11-14/07 12 13 28 39 7 1
   6/1-4/06 15 18 25 36 4 1

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Television news
   6/11-14/07 10 13 40 33 3 1
   6/1-4/06 12 19 40 25 3 1

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Newspapers
   6/11-14/07 8 14 48 26 2 1
   6/1-4/06 12 18 40 25 2 2

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Organized labor
   6/11-14/07 8 11 45 29 3 3
   6/1-4/06 9 15 43 26 2 6

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The criminal justice system
   6/11-14/07 7 12 44 33 2 1
   6/1-4/06 9 16 43 28 3 1

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Big business
   6/11-14/07 7 11 39 38 3 2
   6/1-4/06 6 12 40 36 4 2

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Health maintenance organizations, HMOs
   6/11-14/07 7 8 39 38 4 4
   6/1-4/06 6 9 40 33 5 6

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Congress
   6/11-14/07 4 10 46 36 3 1
   6/1-4/06 5 14 44 32 3 2

 

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. May 20-21, 2003. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"I'm going to read you a list of people and institutions. Please tell me how much confidence you have in each. How much confidence do you have in [see below]: a great deal, some, not much, or none at all?"

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A Great
Deal		 Some Not
Much		 None
At All		 Unsure
% % % % %
The military 77 19 2 1 1
The President 49 27 13 10 1
The public school system 18 45 22 11 4
The Catholic Church 17 25 18 21 19
The Internal Revenue Service 12 50 19 13 6
The Congress 11 60 19 6 4
The news media 9 43 31 15 2
Major business corporations 6 43 29 17 5

 

Bloomberg News Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. June 11-16, 2002. N=1,201 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"As far as people in charge of running [see below] are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them?"

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  Great Deal Only Some Hardly Any Unsure
      % % % %
The White House 29 51 16 4
Major companies 13 55 27 5
Congress 12 64 19 5
Organized labor 11 53 28 9
Wall Street 11 52 26 10

 

Government

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Jan. 10-13, 2008. N=2,010 adults nationwide. MoE ± 2.

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"Do you think that quite a few of the people running the government are crooked, not very many are, or do you think hardly any of them are crooked?"

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Quite a Few

Not Very
Many

Hardly Any

All (vol.)

Unsure

%

%

%

%

%

1/10-13/08

 52 28 10 5 4

7/6-9/00

 49 38 8 3 2

5/30 - 6/1/97

 50 37 8 3 2

5/9-12/96

 52 32 9 5 2

6/3-6/94

 58 29 6 5 2

4/20-22/92

 61 25 7 4 3

 

Gallup Poll. Sept. 14-16, 2007. N=1,010 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"On the whole, would you say you are satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed?"

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Satisfied

Dissatisfied

Unsure

 

%

%

%

 

9/14-16/07

 31 67 2

 

9/7-10/06

 41 57 2

 

9/12-15/05

 44 55 1

 

9/13-15/04

 49 49 2

 

9/8-10/03

 56 43 1

 

9/5-8/02

 59 39 2

 

9/7-10/01

 57 39 4

 

 

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Neil Newhouse (R). March 2-5, 2007. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.

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"I'm going to read you two statements about the role of government, and I'd like to know which one comes closer to your point of view. Statement A: Government should do more to solve problems and help meet the needs of people. OR, Statement B: Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals."

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Should
Do More

Doing Too
Many Things

Some of
Both (vol.)

Unsure
% % % %

3/2-5/07

 52 40 6 2

1/02

 45 43 9 3

12/97

 41 51 5 3

 

Gallup Poll. Sept. 13-15, 2004. N=1,022 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

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"How much trust and confidence do you have in general in men and women in political life in this country who either hold or are running for public office: a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?"

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Great
Deal

Fair
Amount

Not Very
Much

None
At All

Unsure
% % % % %
9/04 6 57 32