Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Dissatisfied with Washington

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Source: cbs




May 25, 2010 6:30 PM
Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Dissatisfied with Washington



CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.

Americans are frustrated with nearly everyone in Washington - including President Obama, Congress, and the Democratic and Republican parties - and have become increasingly pessimistic about what the future holds, according to a new CBS News poll.

Seven in ten Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in Washington, including 22 percent who say they are "angry" about the situation. Just 15 percent overall approve of the job being done by Congress.

Opinions of both parties, meanwhile, are at or near historic lows: 55 percent of those surveyed hold unfavorable views of Republicans, and 54 percent hold unfavorable views of Democrats.

The president's job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent, and, perhaps more crucially, Americans no longer say he shares their priorities for the country.

The percentage that says Mr. Obama shares their priorities has fallen to 45 percent, a drop of 13 points from October. The percentage who says he does not has risen to 47 percent, up from 38 percent seven months ago...........................

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"affordable" health care is too far into the future (if then).

[bluestateguy]

1. You mean 1000 people in a telephone survey

There are 305 million people in this country.

I have no more tolerance for these so-called "polls".

[depakid]

6. The sample size is less of a problem than the clustering and the statistical bias

with telephone surveys.

[The abyss]

2. OK –!

Well hell – let’s state the facts, Jack!

Recommend +1

[ixion]

3. Yeah, but that never seems to bring about change

despite the frustration.

[Suji to Seoul]

4. In other news 63% of Americans think the sky is sky blue, 33% think it's royal blue and 4%

undecided. MOE = +/- 3.4%

[burnsei sensei]

5. With nothing more than one word each,

these responses mean nothing.
To say the public is angry or dissatisfied with Washington is meaningless without a longer response justifying it.
I don't want to hear
this is that, or this is this.
I want to know why it is.
This is not news.

[Wizard777]

7. So that's up from the Bush days when people were wanting to burn it to the ground.