Perceptions of multiple Cabinet departments decline: Gallup

Fewer Americans rated the performance of some Cabinet departments as “excellent” or “good” compared with last year, according to a survey released Thursday.

The result is from Gallup’s annual governance poll, which asks Americans to rate the job performance of five federal Cabinet departments and 12 government agencies. The annual rating for four Cabinet departments was worse than what they were a year ago.

“Ratings of the State, Justice and Defense Departments are now the lowest Gallup has measured for each in readings dating back to 2021 or 2022,” the Gallup report said.

Dropping 8 percentage points, 40 percent of Americans favorably rated the performance of the Department of Defense. For the Department of State, the number dropped from 34 percent to 27 percent. About 27 percent of those polled rated the Justice Department’s performance favorably, compared with 31 percent in........

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