‘Most Americans Think Things Are Getting Worse’
That is because by every legitimate measure, they are getting worse!
Obama Legacy Death Spiral Ping...
But most Americans will continue re-electing the same clowns and vote for politicans that promise them “free” things. The cycle will continue until this unsustainable system collapses under its own weight and we are visited by great economic hardship.
It’s not just by ‘measures’... it doesn’t feel like the country we loved.
Regarding being worse.
Worse is not homogeneous. There are parts of the country doing fairly well and parts that remain in trouble. The economic problems are not uniform across the country.
The polls in question assume America is economically uniform. That means the statistics generated in the poll are not all that meaningful. The variance can result from where the calls by the pollsters are made. A few more to the troubled area can produce a down turn but still not reflect the true feeling across the country.
The poll is garbage. The poll is an attempt to create numbers that can be transformed into meaningful news.