institutions institutions / http://backend.userland.com/rss ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav WebTeam U.S. Trust in Government Depends Upon Party Control Trust in the federal government has declined in recent decades, mostly vanishing among those who do not support the president's party. /poll/697421/trust-government-depends-upon-party-control.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/697421/trust-government-depends-upon-party-control.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 10 Nov 2025 03:00:00 GMT New High Say Supreme Court Is Too Conservative Forty-three percent of Americans describe the U.S. Supreme Court as being "too conservative," the highest in ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's trend. /poll/695759/new-high-say-supreme-court-too-conservative.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/695759/new-high-say-supreme-court-too-conservative.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:00:00 GMT Democrats' Confidence in U.S. Institutions Sinks to New Low Democrats' average confidence in key U.S. institutions has dropped to a new low point in ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav's trend dating back to 1979, while Republicans' has risen significantly. /poll/692633/democrats-confidence-institutions-sinks-new-low.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/692633/democrats-confidence-institutions-sinks-new-low.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 17 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT U.S. Public Trust in Higher Ed Rises From Recent Low More Americans say they are confident in higher education now than a year ago, the first increase ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav has measured in the decade-old trend. /poll/692519/public-trust-higher-rises-recent-low.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/692519/public-trust-higher-rises-recent-low.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:01:00 GMT Grocery, Restaurant Industry Images Slide in U.S. Americans are less positive toward the grocery and restaurant industries, and more positive toward the sports industry, than they were a year ago. /poll/650318/grocery-restaurant-industry-images-slide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/650318/grocery-restaurant-industry-images-slide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 12 Sep 2024 03:30:00 GMT U.S. Confidence in Institutions Mostly Flat, but Police Up Americans' confidence in the police has increased eight points since last year, but average confidence across 14 U.S. institutions remains historically low. /poll/647303/confidence-institutions-mostly-flat-police.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/647303/confidence-institutions-mostly-flat-police.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 15 Jul 2024 03:00:00 GMT Americans More Confident in Two-Year Schools Lumina and ²¨²¨ÊÓÆµav find Americans are more confident in community colleges than four-year universities. The greatest difference between the two is cost. /poll/646841/americans-confident-two-year-schools.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/646841/americans-confident-two-year-schools.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT U.S. Confidence in Higher Education Now Closely Divided Americans now split into roughly equal thirds as to whether they have a lot of (36%), some (32%) or very little (32%) confidence in higher education. /poll/646880/confidence-higher-education-closely-divided.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/646880/confidence-higher-education-closely-divided.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT Crisis in Confidence 2023 Americans' lessened confidence in society's institutions and norms may affect society's ability to deal with crucial external and internal threats. /opinion/polling-matters/547766/crisis-confidence-2023.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/547766/crisis-confidence-2023.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:00:00 GMT Retail, Pharmaceutical Industries Slip in Public Esteem Americans' opinions of the retail and pharmaceutical industries have suffered the most over the past year, with Democrats increasingly negative about retail and Republicans about the pharmaceutical industry. /poll/510641/retail-pharmaceutical-industries-slip-public-esteem.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/510641/retail-pharmaceutical-industries-slip-public-esteem.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 13 Sep 2023 03:00:00 GMT