The chart above is from mehlmancastagnetti.com. It use Gallup Poll numbers from 1977 and 2022.
It shows that trust in U.S. institutions has dropped drastically in the last 45 years (from 1977 to 2022).
Only one institution has gained in trust -- the military. It is also the only one with over 50% of Americans trusting it.
All of the other institutions have dropped sharply in the percentage trusting them -- even religion. None of them have more than 30% of the population trusting them, and some (like Congress) have a far worse trust percentage.
A couple of days ago, I showed you a poll that said 28% of Americans thought soon that citizens would need to take up arms against the government. I hope that never happens, but seeing the poor trust in U.S. institutions, I can understand how some might feel that way.
Most people don't trust that these institutions are acting in their best interests, and many don't think it will get better in the future.
We must fix this, and we can only do that by voting for people who will fix it.
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