Americans’ Satisfaction at All-Time Low of 9%

Yikes! According to Gallup, just 9% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. right now.

The previous low point for Gallup’s measure of satisfaction had been 12%, recorded back in 1979, in the midst of rising prices and gas shortages when Jimmy Carter was president. Gallup has recorded a 14% satisfaction level at several points — once in the senior Bush’s administration in 1992, and several times earlier this year.
The reason for Americans’ extraordinarily low level of satisfaction is straightforward: the economy. Asked in the weekend Gallup Poll to name the most important problem facing the country today, almost 7 in 10 Americans mentioned some aspect of the economy, far ahead of any other problem mentioned.

I always thought with polling you could get 15%-20% to agree with any statement. I mean, how many people think Elvis is alive?

Posted by on October 8th, 2008 at 12:24 pm


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