Public Satisfaction Remains Low
By Jenny Choi on February 2, 2009
New numbers from Gallup reveal that Americans are still unhappy with the way things are going in the country, with just 17 percent saying they're satisfied and 80 percent saying they're dissatisfied. Still, it is a slight increase from the 13 percent satisfaction results in early January as well as in pre-election November. And as Gallup points out, the link between overall public satisfaction and how Americans rate economic conditions is inextricable.
It is worth noting, however, that despite all this talk of dissatisfaction and recession, optimism is unequivocally high in some areas.
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Public satisfaction with the state of the nation remains in short supply just over a week after President Barack Obama was sworn in. Only 17% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Jan. 27-29; 80% are dissatisfied.
This 17% U.S. satisfaction rating is slightly better than the 13% rating seen at the start of January, as well as the 13% right before the presidential election in November, and reflects an uptick in satisfaction that occurred right after the inauguration. Still, satisfaction remains extraordinarily low relative to more prosperous times in the nation's recent history -- such as 1999 and 2002, when over 60% of Americans were satisfied. tim viec
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