Poll: Americans' national satisfaction hovers at record low

[Zincwarrior]

National satisfaction is lower at the start of this administration than Trump's 2017 administration. Poverty, public education, and the influence of major corporations remain major issues for the vast majority of Americans.

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/americans-national-mood-poll-record-low-trump

Americans are as dissatisfied as ever with conditions in the U.S., according to an annal Gallup survey conducted shortly before President Trump's return to the White House.
Why it matters: Trump took office last month at a time of persistent pessimism among Americans, with an average satisfaction score across key elements of U.S. life hovering at just 38%.

• That record low average has not budged since 2022.
• The results, released Wednesday, also reflect Gallup's findings that Americans are generally unhappy about the direction the country is going.

By the numbers: Across 31 issue areas, Americans were most dissatisfied with the country's efforts to deal with poverty and homelessness.

• Just 22% said they were satisfied with the "moral and ethical climate" of the U.S.

The other side: Respondents were mostly satisfied with five of the 31 areas Gallup asked about — including the nation's military strength, overall quality of life and the acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the country.

The intrigue: Only one issue area garnered a majority of satisfaction from both sides of the political aisle: The overall quality of life in the country.

• But the percentage of respondents who said they were satisfied with quality of life has still dropped by roughly 18 percentage points since 2017.
• Republicans and Democrats were both pessimistic about 17 issues — including abortion policy, race relations and health care quality and affordability.

The bottom line: Americans expressed less satisfaction across most key issues in January 2025 than they did in January 2017, ahead of Trump's first term.

 

[pknopp]

What I take from this is that both parties have failed us.

 

[JWBooth]

 

[1srelluc]

I'm tickled to death with Trump and DOGE.....The Congress, not so much....Both sides.

The gop sits on it's hands,

The evil dems squeal no end.

 

[DBA]

I'm tickled to death with Trump and DOGE.....The Congress, not so much....Both sides.

The gop sits on it's hands,

The evil dems squeal no end.

Exactly. If the GOP in Congress had the same zeal shown by Trump and Musk, we would really be rockin’ and rollin’. Unfortunately, there are still some Bush Republicans and RINOs in Congress. All the congressional Democrats are losers.

 

[odanny]

Most Americans, including many Republicans, are not happy with the creeping fascism that is taking over our government.

When was the last time a President, who fomented an insurrection and had his supporters attack the police and trash the Capitol, given all those convicted (a 100% conviction rate of everyone tried) all of them a blanket pardon with no consideration (it's okay to do these things, kids) and then gone out and fired every FBI official charged with investigating and prosecuting these crimes?

Oh, that would be never.

That's only part of the math, these FBI agents have experience and expertise in cyber crime, human trafficking, organized crime, terrorism, and too many other categories to list. We are losing real experience and real expertise because we have elected someone who envies and admires dictators and tyrants around the world and has no respect for the law, as his entire life has already shown.

 

[1srelluc]

these FBI agents have experience and expertise in cyber crime,

They sure as hell were not concerned with USAID's money laundering, were they?

.gov IT is the most low-rent IT as far as real knowledge.....They are not even in the same dimension as Musk's "wonder boys".

 

[odanny]

I have seen zero evidence of this so-called "money laundering" and no one should have any faith in what Trump or Musk says about anything.