No Runny Eggs

by steveegg @ 7:59 on June 21, 2007. Filed under Miscellaneous.

If you’re either a night owl or an early bird, you may have heard me reference the 2007 Gallup Confidence in Institutions poll. The 2007 analysis is now up, and my suspicion of a cynical trend is right. First, the full 2007 numbers of those having a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence:
– The military, down to 69% from 73% in 2006
– Small business, a “new” institution debuting at 59%
– The police, down to 54% from 58%
– Church/organized religion, down to 46% from 52%
– Banks, down to 41% from 49%
– SCOTUS, down to 34% from 40%
– Public schools, down to 33% from 37%
– The medical system, down to 31% from 38%
– The Presidency, down to 25% from 33%
– Television news, down to 23% from 31%
– Newspapers, down to 22% from 30%
– The criminal justice system, down to 19% from 25%
– Organized labor, down to 19% from 24%
– Big business, unchanged from 2006 at 18%
– HMOs, unchanged from 2006 at 15%
– Congress, down to 14% from 19%

Next, something they didn’t do this year, but did last year, the full history of the trend:

	A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.	G.	H.	I.	J.	K.	L.	M.	N.	O.	P.	Q.	R.	S.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2007	46	69	34	41	33	22	14	23	19	25	54	31	19	18	15	—	—	—	59
2006	52	73	40	49	37	30	19	31	24	33	58	38	25	18	15	—	—	—	—
2005	53	74	41	49	37	28	22	28	24	44	63	42	26	22	17	—	—	—	—
2004	53	75	46	53	41	30	30	30	31	52	64	44	34	24	18	—	—	—	—
2003	50	82	47	50	40	33	29	35	28	55	61	44	29	22	17	—	—	—	—
2002	45	79	50	47	38	35	29	35	26	58	59	38	27	20	13	—	—	19	—
2001	60	66	50	44	38	36	26	34	26	48	57	40	—	28	15	28	37	—	—
2000	56	64	47	46	37	37	24	36	25	42	54	40	24	29	16	—	—	—	—
1999	58	68	49	43	36	33	26	34	28	49	57	40	23	30	17	—	—	—	—
1998	59	64	50	40	37	33	28	34	26	53	58	40	24	30	—	—	—	—	—
1997	56	60	50	41	40	35	22	34	23	49	59	38	19	28	—	—	—	—	—
1996	57	66	45	44	38	32	20	36	25	39	60	42	19	24	—	—	—	—	—
1995	57	64	44	43	40	30	21	33	26	45	58	41	20	21	—	—	—	—	—
1994	54	64	42	35	34	29	18	35	26	38	54	36	15	26	—	—	—	—	—
1993	53	68	44	37	39	31	18	46	26	43	52	34	17	22	—	—	—	—	—
1991	56	69	39	30	35	32	18	—	22	50	—	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—
1991	59	85	48	32	44	32	30	—	25	72	—	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—
1990	56	68	47	36	45	39	24	—	27	—	—	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—
1989	52	63	46	42	43	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	59	68	56	49	49	36	35	—	26	—	—	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—
1987	61	61	52	51	50	31	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	57	63	54	49	49	37	41	—	29	—	—	—	—	28	—	—	—	—	—
1985	66	61	56	51	48	35	39	—	28	—	—	—	—	31	—	—	—	—	—
1984	64	58	51	51	47	34	29	—	30	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	—	—	—
1983	62	53	42	51	39	38	28	—	26	—	—	—	—	28	—	—	—	—	—
1981	64	50	46	46	42	35	29	—	28	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	—	—	—
1979	65	54	45	60	53	51	34	—	36	—	—	—	—	32	—	—	—	—	—
1977	64	57	46	—	54	—	40	—	39	—	—	—	—	33	—	—	—	—	—
1975	68	58	49	—	—	—	40	—	38	—	—	—	—	34	—	—	—	—	—
1973	66	—	44	—	58	39	42	—	30	—	—	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—

KEY:
A.	The church or organized religion	G.	Congress	M.	The criminal justice system
B.	The Military	H.	Television News	N.	Big business
C.	The U.S. Supreme Court	I.	Organized labor	O.	Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
D.	Banks	J.	The Presidency	P.	The electric power utilities
E.	The public schools	K.	The police	Q.	Faith-based charitable organizations
F.	Newspapers	L.	The Medical system	R.	Wall Street
S.	Small business

Damn, but I thought the DhimmiRATs were supposed to fix everything. I mean, they run Congress, run the media, run the unions, and run the schools; yet those institutions took some of the hardest hits.

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