It’s officially a trend. Actually, the dissatisfaction most Americans have with their government has gone on now for a couple of decades so it’s been a trend for awhile.
A recent poll from Gallup found just 23% of us are satisfied with how our government is working. A whopping 71% are dissatisfied. Some of us — 48% — are very much so.
That’s the only good news in the poll. In 2021 that number hit a record-high 66%. Intense dissatisfaction eased a bit from last year and now sits at 51%.
The two political parties and independents are all dissatisfied with the state of the nation.
All of us
- Very dissatisfied — 48%
- Somewhat dissatisfied — 28%
- Satisfied — 23%
Satisfaction by political party — same question — in general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the US at this time:
Democrats
- Very satisfied: 7%
- Somewhat satisfied: 29%
- Somewhat dissatisfied: 36%
- Very dissatisfied: 28%
Republicans:
- Very satisfied: 3%
- Somewhat satisfied: 3%
- Somewhat dissatisfied: 19%
- Very dissatisfied: 75%
Independents:
- Very satisfied: 4%
- Somewhat satisfied: 19%
- Somewhat dissatisfied: 30%
- Very dissatisfied: 46%
Changes in very dissatisfied by political party from 2021 to 2023:
Democrats very dissatisfied
- 2021 — 73%
- 2022 — 31%
- 2023 — 28%
Republicans
- 2021 — 66%
- 2022 — 72%
- 2023 — 75%
Independents
- 2021 — 66%
- 2022 — 72%
- 2023 — 75%
Source link: Gallup — http://bit.ly/3IANHWc
