For the first time since President Obama took office, a majority of Americans believe things are “going well.”
A new CNN/ORC International poll released Friday found that for the first time since 2007, a majority Americans say things in the country are going “well.” About 52 percent of poll respondents answered positively on that question.
Last November this measure only found that 41 percent believed the country was doing well and back in September, it was split 50-50.
This time, 44 percent responded that they think the country is going “pretty well” and 8 percent believe it is going “very well.” Conversely, 33 percent believe it is going “pretty badly” and 15 percent say “very badly.”
Republicans and conservatives were more likely to respond negatively to this question than Democrats and self-identified liberals, the survey found.
The last time a majority of Americans fell on the positive side in this poll was in January of 2007, with a 57 percent positive rating and a 42 percent negative.
Likely contributing to this positive feeling is the uptick in a bright outlook for the nation’s economy.
About 32 percent of respondents believe that the economy is “starting to recover from the problems it faced in the past few years” and 41 percent said it “has not started but conditions have stabilized and are not getting any worse.”
Just 26 percent said the country is “still in a downturn and conditions are continuing to worsen.”
The CNN/ORC International poll findings are based on interviews with 1,045 adult Americans conducted by telephone between Nov. 21-23.
