WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st July, 2023) Sixty percent of Americans reported "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the US military, a record low not seen since 1997, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
The annual poll surveying confidence in institutions, conducted June 1-22, saw overall military confidence levels decline over the past five years. The last time the poll recorded confidence levels below 60% was in 1988, with 58%.
Even levels for Republicans, who have historically tended to be most likely to report confidence in the military, fell - from 91% in 2020 to 68% this year.
Democrats also reported a six-percentage-point decline this year to 62%, after reporting higher confidence in the military after President Joe Biden took office.
