In national polls, confidence in various government institutions had declined last year after increasing slightly in 2020. However, people are more likely to have confidence in local institutions compared to national ones. In fact, Gallup has found that confidence in local government remains higher than state government, which is higher than the federal government. Given this, how much confidence do rural Nebraskans have in various government institutions and systems?What factors influence their confidence?

Becky Vogt, survey research manager for the Nebraska Rural Poll at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discusses.

Read more: https://cap.unl.edu/rural/confidence-local-institutions-among-rural-nebraskans-becky-vogt.