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Sunday, September 14th, 2014

No Change in U.S. Mood: 23% Satisfied, 76% Not

Author:     LYDIA SAAD
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     September 12, 2014
 Link: No Change in U.S. Mood: 23% Satisfied, 76% Not
Stephan:   This is our social temperature and it is not good. How would you define a country where better than three out of four people living the country are unhappy and unsatisfied. And the trend is downwards. I don't know what it is going to take, but we are building up to an explosion. It would be desirable if this could be channeled into the 2014 elections in which the House majority is reduced, the Democrats retain the Senate. And, as long as I am wishing, that a Supreme Court vacancy occurs in the Rightist wing during Obama's tenure. Unfortunately that isn't what the polls say will happen. But it could if people would vote. Click through to see the graphs.
GALLUP

GALLUP

PRINCETON, NJ — It is not the worst of times, but it is far from the best of times when it comes to Americans’ perceptions on how things are going in the country. Just shy of one in four Americans, 23%, are currently satisfied with the direction of the country, while 76% are dissatisfied. This marks the 10th consecutive month that satisfaction has fallen between 23% and 25% — a remarkably narrow range in a measure that has reached as high as 70% and as low as 7% since 2000.

Percentage Satisfied With Direction of the U.S.

The latest results are from the 2014 Gallup Poll Social Series: Governance survey, conducted Sept. 4-7.

This month’s rating also matches the average so far in 2014, which is down slightly from an average 24% in 2013, but up from 17% in 2011. The main difference between satisfaction in 2014 and those prior years is the stability seen this year.

From a longer-term perspective, however, Americans’ satisfaction with the way things are going has been relatively stable over the past four years […]

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