Poll: 18% of Americans satisfied with state of nation, gov’t named top problem – By Shannon Longworth & Ben Burke (Straight Arrow News) / June 1, 2023
A new Gallup poll found just 18% of Americans are satisfied with the state of nation. That’s about half of the historical average for American satisfaction.
While low, May’s satisfaction was actually slightly up from the 16% satisfaction reported in April. It was also higher than the 13% satisfaction reported in June and July of 2022, when inflation had a stronger grip on the U.S. economy.
Going back to the beginning of the decade, satisfaction dipped as low as 11% on Jan. 4, 2021, two days before the Capitol riots. It was a steep drop from the 45% satisfaction reported on Feb. 3, 2020, just a month before the pandemic began.
“Gallup has measured national satisfaction since 1979. The lowest reading was 7% in October 2008 during the height of the financial crisis,” Gallup said in a news article on the poll. “The high point was 71% in February 1999 during the dot-com boom and after the Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial.”
