US Soldiers Seen as More Trustworthy Than Judges, New Poll Finds

perhaps more than we realize," she wrote in an email.Related: Jim Lehrer Believed Serving His Country Made Him a Better JournalistSoldiers had the sixth-highest trustworthy rating by those surveyed, following top picks of paramedics, firefighters, doctors, teachers and professors, in that order."I think we as a country have always held soldiers in high regard, as the brave men and women who protect us and risk their lives for our freedom," Pannenborg said. "It's encouraging to see that, while politicians or wars can be unpopular, people, both left- and right-leaning, are pretty uniformly unwavering in their deference for those we entrust to carry on with the fighting."The study found 63% of Democrats surveyed thought of soldiers as trustworthy compared to 82% of Republicans. Professors had a similar 20% trustworthy disparity, though they rated higher with Democrats.Republicans also had significantly more trust in police than Democrats did, but overall, the police fared worse than company supervisors and security guards."In recent years, there have been numerous highly publicized, controversial incidents involving police officers," Pannenborg said. "Some of the results we found were likely a response to that press coverage, and it's clear that Republicans and Democrats are more divided in their perception of the trustworthiness of police officers.

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