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PUBLIC SCHOOLS?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	26	25	27	25	19	23	29	26	24	30
Some confidence.	50	51	51	48	44	52	48	51	56	56
Only a little confidence.	19	18	18	21	28	16	19	17	11	11
No confidence at all.	5	6	4	6	9	8	5	5	10	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

GOVERNOR?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	31	29	32	29	16	23	31	31	38	32
Some confidence.	47	48	48	48	43	43	46	46	35	54
Only a little confidence.	15	16	13	15	25	23	15	15	23	10
No confidence at all.	8	7	7	8	16	11	7	7	4	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

POLICE?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	43	37	49	45	18	20	32	38	39	27
Some confidence.	39	40	38	40	45	33	41	36	41	54
Only a little confidence.	12	15	10	12	21	27	19	17	17	13
No confidence at all.	6	7	4	3	17	19	8	10	4	6
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

THE MEDIA?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	11	8	10	6	13	7	12	12	14	12
Some confidence.	40	34	39	31	39	28	50	40	42	46
Only a little confidence.	31	35	34	39	26	34	21	27	31	27
No confidence at all.	18	23	18	24	23	30	17	21	13	15
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

MEDICAL PROFESSION?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	46	45	45	43	44	41	46	47	63	51
Some confidence.	42	42	43	44	43	47	40	37	34	40
Only a little confidence.	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	2	6
No confidence at all.	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	1	3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	18	10	16	7	12	9	26	16	27	16
Some confidence.	59	52	60	53	53	44	55	52	64	58
Only a little confidence.	17	27	18	30	23	32	12	19	7	18
No confidence at all.	7	11	6	10	12	15	7	13	1	9
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	32	31	34	31	17	22	42	33	22	41
Some confidence.	45	43	43	43	50	41	44	40	56	50
Only a little confidence.	17	17	18	18	22	21	10	17	13	8
No confidence at all.	6	9	6	8	11	15	4	11	9	1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

COURTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY?	Nat Tot	Wash Tot	Nat Cauc	Wash Cauc	Nat Black	Wash Black	Nat Hisp	Wash Hisp	Nat Asian	Wash Asian
A great deal of confidence.	24	22	25	224	14	13	27	22	24	22
Some confidence.	52	51	53	52	50	42	49	50	60	59
Only a little confidence.	17	18	16	17	21	30	16	17	13	14
No confidence at all.	8	9	7	7	15	15	8	12	3	5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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