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Gallup: Only 26% Satisfied With Way Things Are Going in U.S.
Cybercast News Service ^ | May 18, 2015 | 10:29 AM EDT | Susan Jones

Posted on 05/19/2015 1:30:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Only one in four Americans, 26 percent, say they are satisfied with the way things are going in this country, a new Gallup Poll finds. Or, viewed another way, 74 percent of Americans apparently are dissatisfied.

Americans still list government, the economy and unemployment as top problems, even though the unemployment rate continues to drop.

Between May 6 and 10, Gallup asked a random sample of 1,024 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia: “In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?”

Twenty-six percent said they were satisfied, and that was down six points from January, when 32 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with the direction of the country. …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: gallup

1 posted on 05/19/2015 1:30:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Unfortunately, they all have different ideas of what is wrong and how to fix it.


2 posted on 05/19/2015 1:31:59 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Olog-hai

That would be the 26% taking advantage of the Free Stuff!.............


3 posted on 05/19/2015 1:32:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger

Bingo!


4 posted on 05/19/2015 1:33:08 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Olog-hai

Polls such as this are meaningless these days, insofar as elections are concerned. It’s all about demographics now. The ‘RATs are rapidly expanding their gibmedat base, and they will vote one way, issues be damned.


5 posted on 05/19/2015 1:33:16 PM PDT by Salvey
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To: Red Badger

“That would be the 26% taking advantage of the Free Stuff!.............”

Another 26% want free stuff that they’re not getting yet. They’re dissatisfied.


6 posted on 05/19/2015 1:36:20 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: Olog-hai

Americans still list government, the economy and unemployment as top problems”

But Obama brought unemployment down to 5.5%. What gives? s/


7 posted on 05/19/2015 1:36:45 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Salvey

The Dems don’t realize that they will be victims of the monster they are feeding.


8 posted on 05/19/2015 1:38:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

One fourth of the persons sampled — hate America.


9 posted on 05/19/2015 1:38:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

Communists, welfare recipients, and illegals... 26%


10 posted on 05/19/2015 1:39:38 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Olog-hai
"Feeding the alligator, hoping he'll eat you last"

- Donald Rumsfeld

11 posted on 05/19/2015 1:39:42 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t it about 26% that identify themselves as hard core Socialists?


12 posted on 05/19/2015 1:40:22 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: blackdog

Attributed to Churchill too.


13 posted on 05/19/2015 1:41:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

"I get a free upgrades....unlimited text and free ESPN ON MY FOAM"

14 posted on 05/19/2015 1:44:14 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Olog-hai

The potheads.


15 posted on 05/19/2015 1:49:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Olog-hai
Americans still list government, the economy and unemployment as top problems, even

So people are simply unable to connect the dots.... The top problems all fall under the column of OBAMA. But maybe they do get it, they did vote the GOP to control the house last time.

16 posted on 05/19/2015 1:51:03 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Olog-hai

The 26% all work for the government or are married to a government employee.


17 posted on 05/19/2015 2:30:54 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Olog-hai
even though the unemployment rate continues to drop.

The only reason for that is the way nobama and his goons at BLS calculate it.

If I'm unemployed and decide to quit looking for work, I'm no longer considered. Enough people like that and the unemployment rate HAS to go down.

To get an accurate picture, I much prefer to use the percentage of people not working (that link is from Jan, 2015).

18 posted on 05/19/2015 3:26:11 PM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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To: Doogle

Free Teeth!


19 posted on 05/19/2015 3:39:34 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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