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Using the following scale ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 means … No trust at all… and 10 means … Complete trust… , please indicate how much trust you personally have in America's courts?
Trust in American courts · Asked in 2 waves, 2018–2024 · 2,809 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,636 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,173 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | 0 - no trust | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 - complete trust | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 12% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 11% | 26% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 1636 | ±3 | |
| White | 10% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 11% | 27% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 1150 | ±4 | |
| Black | 24% | 5% | 7% | 16% | 12% | 21% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 275 | ±8 | |
| Other races | 6% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 9% | 23% | 15% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 179 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2024 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.