58 per cent of the respondents answered that they have confidence in the government. It is the worst result in five years and a decrease of 1 percentage point from last year.
The government must therefore see itself defeated by a number of other social institutions when it comes to the people’s trust.
As usual, the non-profit organizations are at the top of the list. 89 per cent of the respondents trust them.
This is followed by the employee organisations, the Storting, the employers’ organisations, the media and the municipal councils.
At the bottom of the list are the government, the political parties and – as usual, in a special category worst: social media.
Stable level of trust
However, there are not so many results in this year’s Confidence Barometer, which was presented during Arendal Week on Wednesday.
Overall, all community institutions receive somewhat less trust than last year – except non-profit organisations, which are making some progress. The changes are 1–2 percentage points for almost all groups.
The results must be interpreted within the margin of error of 1.5-3 percentage points for the main frequencies, points out Respons Analyse, which has carried out the survey.
In the survey, people are asked to indicate on a scale from 1 to 10 whether they have confidence in the institution or the actors. 1 is no trust, 10 is full trust. The answers reflect the proportion who answered from 6 to 10 on the scale.
Both the Storting and the government saw a sharp upswing in declarations of confidence during the pandemic, but people’s confidence fell again afterwards. Over the past three years, confidence has stabilized at roughly the same level as before the pandemic.
Many believe that non-profit organizations are important
The survey also examines which institutions people consider to be important in democracy. The Storting answers more than nine out of ten, closely followed by the government. Both are at an unchanged level from last year.
The municipal council in their own municipality is considered important to eight out of ten, as are the political parties.
Working life organisations, the media and non-profit organizations come a little bit behind. The latter gets its best score since the barometer was started seven years ago.
– It is interesting to note that the emphasis on the place of non-profit organizations in democracy has never been higher, write Thore Gaard Olaussen and Kjersti Kræmmer from Respons Analyse.
Social media achieves the lowest score for importance to democracy. 29 per cent of the respondents give a grade of 6 or higher. It is the worst turnout since the barometer was started.
The survey is based on telephone interviews with a thousand people, which were carried out in the period 3 to 20 June.
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2024-08-14 22:18:53