How do more than seven in 10 Americans feel about the direction of the country? Not pleased.
Seventy-one percent of American voters say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the nation today, according to a new Quinnipiac University national poll released Monday. This includes 41 percent who are “very dissatisfied,” the poll also found.
Only 2 percent are “very satisfied,” while 26 percent are “somewhat satisfied.”
Furthermore, when asked about the federal government, 27 percent say that they are “angry,” compared with 49 percent who expressed their dissatisfaction, but not anger. Only 2 percent say they are “enthusiastic” about the federal government, while 21 percent say they are “satisfied, but not enthusiastic.”
Roughly three in 10 (34 percent) say they trust the government “hardly ever,” compared to 2 percent of voters who trust the government “almost all the time” and 13 percent who trust the government “most of the time.” A majority (51 percent) say they trust the government “some of the time.”
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill got rough approval ratings, too. Voters disapprove of the way Republicans in Congress are doing their job, 81 percent to 12 percent, while Democrats in Congress get a 66 percent disapproval rating compared to a 27 percent approval rating.
Voters also disapprove of the job President Obama is doing, 53 percent to 45 percent.
The telephone poll of roughly 1,500 registered American voters was conducted Aug. 20-25 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
