The 2018 Confidence in Institutions ratings are broadly similar to a year ago, but with a few notable shifts.
Confidence in the church or organized religion is down three points to 38%. This is another all-time low for an institution whose highly positive image has been shrinking since its peak 68% great deal/quite a lot confidence rating in 1975. The church had been the top rated institution in the 1973-1985 surveys. The last year a majority of Americans expressed high confidence in the church was 2009.
As low as confidence in the church has sunk, it is still one of the nation’s top rated institutions and has higher positive than negative ratings, with 27% of U.S. adults saying they have very little or no confidence in it.
Gallups's Confidence in Institutions poll – "small business" ranks second only to miliary:
Military, Small Business, Police Still Stir Most Confidence https://t.co/LXgmkf4KTN @GallupNews #smallbiz pic.twitter.com/vjXFfdQ3H1— Michelle Garrett (@PRisUs) July 1, 2018