Latest Gallup measure of “confidence in institutions” showed five “at their lowest points in at least three decades of measurement, including the church or organized religion (31%), newspapers (16%), the criminal justice system (14%), big business (14%) and the police ….

Confidence in the police, at 45%, has fallen below the majority level for only the second time, with the other instance occurring in 2020 in the weeks after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police ….

Confidence in large technology companies is also at a low point (26%) but has only been measured the past three years ….

Complete report of findings was released yesterday under the title “Confidence in Institutions Down; Average at New Low,” by Jeffrey M Jones; there is no cost to access this.

Mr Jones additionally noted that “Gallup first measured confidence in institutions in 1973 and has done so annually since 1993. This year’s survey was conducted June 1-20.”