Confidence in U.S. Military Lowest in Over Two Decades (infosec.pub)

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by Mohamed Younis

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Public confidence in the U.S. military continues to decline
Drops seen across party groups, but Republicans remain most confident
Independents least likely to express confidence this year

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are now less likely to express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the U.S. military, with a noticeable decline that has persisted for the past five years. The latest numbers are from a June 1-22 Gallup poll that also captured record lows in public confidence in several public institutions.

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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly, if anything I have too much confidence in the American military

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Conference in institutions is a multidimensional concept which generally refers to citizens' assessments or beliefs that several types of institutions such as political institutions, economic institutions, and social and cultural institutions, as well as their representatives, will at least do no harm to or best serve public interests.

This might be the first quote from my quantitative and qualitative research methods MA course I've ever been able to use in public. I asked that question back in 2018 after we did an independent study of government post 2016 (Trump Administration).

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