CBS Poll: Views On Economy At All-Time Low

[Kadie]

Apr 3, 2008 6:39 pm US/Pacific
CBS Poll: Views On Economy At All-Time Low


(CBS News) Americans' views on the economy and the general state of the country have hit an all-time low in the history of the CBS News/New York Times poll. Eighty-one percent of those polled say the country is on the wrong track, while only 14 percent believe it is heading in the right direction.

Asked to compare the state of the country to how it was five years ago, 78 percent say things are worse today - the highest percentage since CBS News began asking the question in 1986. Only four percent say things are better now.

The outlook on the economy is as bleak as views on the state of the country as a whole. Just 21 percent say the economy is in good shape - the lowest percentage recorded since October of 1992. That number is down from January of this year, when 38 percent said the economy was in good shape.

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In light of those views, it is no surprise that the economy and jobs remains the top concern for Americans - 37 percent of whom name it as such - while the war in Iraq is the top concern for 15 percent of those polled.

As which economic problem facing the country is most important, 21 percent say it is gas and oil prices, while 14 percent named housing and the home mortgage crises. Eleven percent say the most important economic problem is jobs.

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http://cbs13.com/national/economy.poll.americans.2.691682.html

[sharesunited]

1. It's the war. Wrong and expensive. Quit blaming illegals!

[DJ13]

2. Eighty-one percent of those polled say the country is on the wrong track

........and how many here still say McSame has a chance running on Bush's record?

[opihimoimoi]

3. McCane....it ain't gonna happen man....quit now...fake a headache