Posted on 06/27/2006 5:47:53 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 27, 2006) - The 2006 Gallup poll results on public confidence are in and the military is again at the top of the list.
Seventy-three percent of Americans polled from June 1-4, 2006, said they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the military, according to Gallup poll writer Lydia Saad.
After the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001, military confidence soared 13 percent above the previous year. In that 2002 poll, 79 percent of respondents said they had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the military.
The following year saw an increase to 82 percent of Americans having high confidence in the nation’s military. In 2004, the percentage dropped to 75 percent and last year’s confidence measurement fell one percent, but remained at the top of the polls as the institution in which Americans place their highest confidence.
The military surpassed the police and organized religion, the next highest ranking organizations, by 15 percent. The police and organized religion are the only other institutions rated in the poll that earned a high confidence rating from Americans, according to Saad.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents placed high confidence in the police, compared to the 67 percent who said they had high confidence last year. Fifty-two percent of respondents said church organizations have earned a high degree of confidence, falling only one percent from last year.
The Gallup poll results indicated that HMOs, big business and Congress earned the least amount of confidence with the American public this year.
Congress earned a confidence rating of 19 percent, while big business earned a confidence rating of 18 percent. In the 2005 poll, Congress and big business were tied at 22 percent.
The institutions with the lowest level of public confidence according to this years Gallup poll were Health Management Organizations. Fifteen percent of Americans polled said they had confidence in our nations HMOs, a drop of two percent from last year’s poll.
WOW!!!!
You just gotta see these poll numbers.
Nobdy asked me. I have total confidence in the U.S. Military and none in the press or our congressmen and senators.
AMEN!!!
They don't understand that the "military" represets our collective parents, sons and daughters, and that they represent our values as a country to the rest of the world.
The libs must be really steamed to hear this on the same day that Americans are also found to be the most patriotic people on earth.
They are going to try hard to wreck both of these images before November.
The military surpassed the police and organized religion, the next highest ranking organizations, by 15 percent. The police and organized religion are the only other institutions rated in the poll that earned a high confidence rating from Americans, according to Saad.
This has got to irk all the right people. Guess all those hits jobs like Haditha, Abu Grabib, slurs against people of Faith and prujudices that cops are all crooked prejudiced individuals doesn't prevent the majority from possessing confidence in them. Especially in the ONLY Government organization to earn high approval, our men and women in service.
They don't understand that the "military" represets our collective parents, sons and daughters, and that they represent our values as a country to the rest of the world.
The libs must be really steamed to hear this on the same day that Americans are also found to be the most patriotic people on earth.
They are going to try hard to wreck both of these images before November.
Ditto that. Or perhaps you dittoed me in your opinion/assessment. LOL
I've been ranting here for years about 100% for our military and national security related agencies, and ZERO for the rest.
I'm sure all of us could pick a dozen agencies we'd like to knock off this list:
The polls are so bad on every other institution in the country, except for the military.
It opens the possibility that a "general's election" might just come to pass, instead of a "politician's election."
A Tommy Franks versus Wes Clark election would be interesting.
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