Annie
Diamond Member
- Nov 22, 2003
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Even among these the numbers aren't positive. Poor President Obama, he's been taking it on the chin at the backyard meetings too.
Young People And Minorities Are All The President Has Left - Congressional Connection Poll
Young People And Minorities Are All The President Has Left - Congressional Connection Poll
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:22 AM
Young People And Minorities Are All The President Has Left
By Jim O'Sullivan
Americans between ages 18 and 29 are significantly more likely to be satisfied with the overall state of the country than those who are 65 and older, according to the latest Society for Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, conducted with the Pew Research Center.
While fully 72 percent of voters 65 and over saying they are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, only 39 percent of those under 30 share that dissatisfaction.
Fifty-nine percent of respondents between 18 and 29 said they believed the federal government would make progress in solving the nation's crucial problems over the next 12 months, while 38 percent said they did not. Just 7 percent said they had no confidence at all. The numbers are part of an overall pattern that shows sharper optimism about the country and higher approval of President Obama's job performance among younger and minority voters, contours of support that match core groups in his winning 2008 coalition.
Up the age bracket, the numbers on both Obama's approval and the nation's outlook begins to decline. Forty-two percent of those aged 30 to 49 and 50 to 64 saw progress over the next year, with 55 percent in both groups reporting little or no confidence that such progress will occur. Among the 65-plus crowd, confidence dropped to 36 percent, with pessimism rising to 60 percent...