Americans: Nation on wrong track
More than 80 percent of Americans surveyed say the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll -- recording the highest measure of discontent since this poll started asking the question in the early 1990s.
The survey finds 81 percent saying "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." That is up from 69 percent a year ago, and 35 percent in early 2002, the Times reports.
It's widespread, too: With a majority of Democrats and Republicans, men and women, residents of cities and rural areas, college graduates and those who finished only high school saying the United States is headed in the wrong direction, the Times reports of the findings.
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Two in three say the economy already is in recession.
The survey of 1,368 adults was conducted from March 28 to April 2, with a possible margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
1 comment:
This is a time not for whiners. I tell you, the news media does not know how to inject positivity into anything. America needs people who are not folding their arms and tucking in their tails. America needs people who still believe in her. This poll may be accurate but it doesn't reflect any heart. It escapes the people to find themselves surrounded by bad news, the economy, the war, health care, violence, corruption, distrust. Yep. Its all here. Either tack it to our walls as an emblem of our failure, or suck it up and do something about it. It starts inside. I really get disgusted at aimless news. Let's turn this country around.
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