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USATODAY.com – Poll finds pessimism about U.S. direction By Susan Page and Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY
Americans are increasingly gloomy about the state of the economy and the direction of the country, a Gallup Poll has found. That state of mind is a warning flag for President Bush as his re-election campaign begins in earnest.
In the poll, 60% said they were dissatisfied with ”the way things are going in the United States at this time.” Except for a survey two weeks before the invasion of Iraq a year ago, that is the most negative reading since 1996.
Right now, do you think that economic conditions in the country as a whole are getting better or getting worse?
better worse Same N/A
2004 Mar 8-11 44 47 7 2
2004 Feb 9-12 53 40 6 1
USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll results