{"id":277567,"date":"2016-11-06T00:57:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T23:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=277567"},"modified":"2016-11-30T01:44:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:44:58","slug":"u-s-near-bottom-public-confidence-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/u-s-near-bottom-public-confidence-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Near Bottom in Public \u2018Confidence in Elections\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-277080\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kristol_trump_hillary_kagan-383x255.jpg\" alt=\"kristol_trump_hillary_kagan.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kristol_trump_hillary_kagan-383x255.jpg 383w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kristol_trump_hillary_kagan-75x50.jpg 75w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kristol_trump_hillary_kagan-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kristol_trump_hillary_kagan-610x405.jpg 610w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kristol_trump_hillary_kagan.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/>Only Mexico Scores Lower Among OECD Countries<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/author\/eric-zuesse\/\">Eric Zuesse<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here are the figures, as emailed by Gallup on November 2nd, and soon to be published as part of the \u201cGallup World Poll 2016\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Confidence in Elections Among OECD Countries<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finland 89%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Iceland 87%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Switzerland 84%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Norway 84%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sweden 82%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New Zealand 77%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Luxembourg 76%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Netherlands 74%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Germany 72%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ireland 71%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Canada 69%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">United Kingdom 65%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Austria 64%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Israel 64%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Belgium 62%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Australia 61%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Czech Republic 61%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Slovenia 59%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Poland 58%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Portugal 56%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Denmark 55%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Slovakia 54%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Portugal 54%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Spain 54%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Japan 53%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">France 52%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Turkey 47%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Greece 40%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">South Korea 38%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Italy 35%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hungary 35%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">United States 30%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mexico 19%<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theyre-Not-Even-Close-Democratic\/dp\/1880026090\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1339027537&amp;sr=8-9\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>They\u2019re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>,<\/i> and of<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <i>\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007Q1H4EG\"><span class=\"s4\"><i>CHRIST\u2019S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only Mexico Scores Lower Among OECD Countries Eric Zuesse Here are the figures, as emailed by Gallup on November 2nd, and soon to be published as part of the \u201cGallup World Poll 2016\u201d: Confidence in Elections Among OECD Countries Finland 89% Iceland 87% Switzerland 84% Norway 84% Sweden 82% New Zealand 77% Luxembourg 76% Netherlands 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