When asked, “How much do you trust that America’s elections are fair and accurate?” only 43.2% of respondents said they “strongly trust” the election system…A majority, 56.8%, expressed concerns about the system, with 17% saying they “somewhat trust” it, 17.9% saying they “somewhat distrust” it, and 21.9% saying they “strongly distrust it””<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/11/30/democrats-more-likely-trust-delayed-election-results-most-americans-dont-poll-finds</ref> “The rise of woke politics has undermined public confidence in the brass...The Reagan Institute releases an annual survey of public attitudes on national defense, and this year only 48% reported having “a great deal of confidence” in the U.S. military...That’s down from 70% in 2018”<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-are-losing-trust-in-the-military-reagan-institute-survey-11669848047</ref> and “A study titled "Trend in Loaded Handgun Carrying Among Adult Handgun Owners in the United States, 2015‒2019" found the number of law-abiding US adults carrying handguns nearly doubled from 9 million in 2015 to 16 million in 2019”<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/number-handgun-owners-carrying-daily-nearly-doubles-us</ref> | When asked, “How much do you trust that America’s elections are fair and accurate?” only 43.2% of respondents said they “strongly trust” the election system…A majority, 56.8%, expressed concerns about the system, with 17% saying they “somewhat trust” it, 17.9% saying they “somewhat distrust” it, and 21.9% saying they “strongly distrust it””<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/11/30/democrats-more-likely-trust-delayed-election-results-most-americans-dont-poll-finds</ref> “The rise of woke politics has undermined public confidence in the brass...The Reagan Institute releases an annual survey of public attitudes on national defense, and this year only 48% reported having “a great deal of confidence” in the U.S. military...That’s down from 70% in 2018”<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-are-losing-trust-in-the-military-reagan-institute-survey-11669848047</ref> and “A study titled "Trend in Loaded Handgun Carrying Among Adult Handgun Owners in the United States, 2015‒2019" found the number of law-abiding US adults carrying handguns nearly doubled from 9 million in 2015 to 16 million in 2019”<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/number-handgun-owners-carrying-daily-nearly-doubles-us</ref> |