by Mohamed Younis


Story Highlights

  • Public confidence in the U.S. military continues to decline
  • Drops seen across party groups, but Republicans remain most confident
  • Independents least likely to express confidence this year

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans are now less likely to express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the U.S. military, with a noticeable decline that has persisted for the past five years. The latest numbers are from a June 1-22 Gallup poll that also captured record lows in public confidence in several public institutions.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Young progressives are not the ones watching Fox and hearing that the military is weak because it’s woke.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure many young progressives are ever exposed to what the military is like unless they come from military families.

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        1 year ago

        You’re focused on young progressives for some reason. I’m talking about the Fox viewers. The Fox viewers are the ones that have had “wokeism is destroying our military” being yelled at them since Biden took office.