Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say the country is headed on the wrong track, according to a survey from Monmouth University Poll released on Tuesday.
The survey found that just 10 percent said the country is headed in the right direction — an all-time low since the pollster began asking the question in 2013 — while 88 percent said it is on the wrong track.
The proportion of respondents who said the country is on the wrong track jumped by 9 percentage points from when the question was asked in May, which was also a record at the time.
Only 6 percent of Republicans said the country is headed in the right direction, compared to 18 percent of Democrats. Ninety-two percent of Republicans said the country has gotten off on the wrong track, as do 91 percent of independents and 8 in 10 Democrats.
Older Americans were more likely to believe the country is headed in the right direction.
Sixteen percent of those aged 55 and older said the U.S. is headed in the right direction, compared to 8 percent of […]
As the data clearly shows, what the American people think or want is virtually irrelevant to the elites who control the government. Of course we are going in the wrong direction. We have been going in the wrong direction for decades. The american people would and do attempt to vote for change. What they get, however, is more of the same. The elites do not read this poling, nor do they care. It will only be when there are consequence which direct impact them that they will modify their behavior.