New data from Gallup released Wednesday shows that for the first time in nearly two decades of polling, the US has fallen behind several G7 countries — an informal group of industrialized democracies — for indicators such as people’s ability to meet basic needs, confidence in the national government, and trust in the military.
“The U.S. remains the dominant voice of the G7 on the global stage,” the Gallup report notes. “But the reality of public opinion at home is starting to tell a different story: one in which the U.S. no longer stands out as a leader in confidence in institutions, fundamental to its democracy.”
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