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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Terence P. Jeffrey
November 18, 2012
(CNSNews.com) - The percentage of Americans who think America will be worse
off in four years has more than doubled in the four years since Barack Obama
was first inaugurated as president, according to the Gallup poll.
In a survey conducted Jan. 9-11, 2009--concluding just nine days before
Barack Obama's first inauguration as president--Gallup asked American adults
now?"
At that time, 72 percent said the country would be better off, 20 percent
said it would be worse off, 4 percent said it would be the same, and 4
percent said they had no opinion.
Despite the deep recession America was in at that time (GDP declined by 5.3
percent in the first quarter of 2009), a super-majority of Americans were
optimistic about the nation's future.
From Nov. 9-12 of this year--just after President Obama was reelected--
Gallup asked American adults the same question it had just before Obama's
inauguration four years ago.
This time, only 54 percent said they believed the country would be better
off in four years, while 41 percent said they believed it would be worse off
, 3 percent said it would be the same, and 2 percent said they had no
opinion.
The 41 percent who said just after the Nov. 6 election that they believe the
country will be worse off four years from now is more than twice the 20
percent who said that four years ago--just before Obama's inauguration.
In the four years Obama has served as president, according to Gallup, the
number of Americans who believe the country is headed toward being worse off
has doubled. |
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