Direction Of The Country Has Improved Under Trump

[Independent thinker]

Direction of the country under Biden and the democrats just before the 2024 election shows only 26% of Americans were satisfied with the direction of the country while 72% say they were dissatisfied.

Now, exactly one year later under Trump and the Republicans, 39% of Americas are satisfied with the direction of the country, with many polls actually showing in the 40's. That's an increase in the average polling of at least 13% since one year ago when democrats were in charge.

Direction of the Country​

Twenty-six percent of Americans in Gallup’s final preelection poll, conducted Oct. 14-27, say they are satisfied with the direction of the country, whereas 72% are dissatisfied.

Satisfaction is up slightly from 22% earlier this month, mainly because it has increased among independents, rising seven points to 25%. Meanwhile, Republicans’ satisfaction is down slightly from the 9% recorded Oct. 1-12, while Democrats’ hasn’t changed.


To date, the incumbent party has not won a presidential election with satisfaction this low, including in 1992 (22%), 2008 (13%) and 2020 (28%). The lowest satisfaction rating in a year the incumbent party won was 33% in 2012.

Final Election Indicators Give Mixed Signals

Americans are unhappy with the status quo in key areas of U.S. leadership, suggesting this should be a "change" election. Yet Kamala Harris edges out Donald Trump in favorability.

news.gallup.com

Ballotpedia's Polling Index: Direction of country rating​

Ballotpedia's positive direction of country polling average: 39% (October 17, 2025)

Ballotpedia's Polling Index: Direction of country rating

ballotpedia.org

 

[Moonglow]

Among Republicans younger than 45, the decline is particularly glaring: 61% say the country is headed in the wrong direction, a spike of 30 percentage points since June, the last time the question was asked.

Mostly, 42-year-old truck driver Mustafa Robinson, a Republican, is troubled by the cost of living, but he has been increasingly bothered by what he wishes was a stronger sense of national unity.

“It’s like, you think you’re heading in the right direction with your career and your job, but everything around you is going up in price. It seems like you can’t catch a break,” said Robinson, a married father of three who lives in Delaware County just southwest of Philadelphia. “But we are also supposed to be united as a country and coming together. And we are not. I’m so perplexed how we’re not on the same page about anything, so bad that these people are being shot.”

What a new poll shows about where Americans think the country is heading

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll was conducted shortly after last week's assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.

www.pbs.org

 

[Independent thinker]

Among Republicans younger than 45, the decline is particularly glaring: 61% say the country is headed in the wrong direction, a spike of 30 percentage points since June, the last time the question was asked.

Mostly, 42-year-old truck driver Mustafa Robinson, a Republican, is troubled by the cost of living, but he has been increasingly bothered by what he wishes was a stronger sense of national unity.

“It’s like, you think you’re heading in the right direction with your career and your job, but everything around you is going up in price. It seems like you can’t catch a break,” said Robinson, a married father of three who lives in Delaware County just southwest of Philadelphia. “But we are also supposed to be united as a country and coming together. And we are not. I’m so perplexed how we’re not on the same page about anything, so bad that these people are being shot.”

What a new poll shows about where Americans think the country is heading

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll was conducted shortly after last week's assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.

www.pbs.org

Ummmmmmmmmm, this thread compares now to one year ago under democrats.

 

[IDIOCRACY]

Ummmmmmmmmm, this thread compares now to one year ago under democrats.

Moonglow always has an angle. But remember "Republicans are a cult".

 

[Blaster]

The United States is respected again.

 

[IDIOCRACY]

The United States is respected again.

Oh no, that competes with left-speak suggesting we're the laughing stock of the world because of Trump. Hmm.