Public confidence up: Military, presidency

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Public confidence up: Military, presidency
Newspapers and television news are another question, apparently.
Posted June 24, 2009 8:00 AM
The Swamp

by Mark Silva


Maybe it's the three Navy SEALS who took out three Soimali pirates with three bullets from the deck of a ship at sea. Maybe it's the troops that deploy time and again without question.

Whatever it is, public confidence in the U.S. military is near an all-time high - at 82 percent - and up 11 points from a year ago, according to the Gallup Poll.

Confidence in something else is up, too: The presidency.

In the Gallup Poll's annual read of public confidence in institutions, the June 14-17 survey has found 51 percent voicing confidence in the presidency. That's up 25 points in the past year.

Of course, the public still places greater confidence in small business -- 67 percent - and in the police -- 59 percent - and in the church - 52 percent.

The presidency ranks higher than the public schools and the medical and criminal justice systems, and - oops - the newspapers, at 25 percent, and television news at 23 percent.