Marist Poll: Most Americans think nation is moving in wrong direction

[SecularMotion]

Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

Members of the public are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future of the United States, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll.

The poll found that seven in 10 U.S. residents — 70 percent — believe the nation is moving in the wrong direction while only 21 percent say it is traveling along the right one. One in 10 is unsure.

This is a major change in public opinion since the last time this question was asked by a Marist poll in June. At that time, 59 percent thought the country was on the wrong track while 32 percent said it was on the right one. Nine percent, at that time, were unsure.

Read more: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20110809/BUSINESS/110809014/Marist-Poll-Most-Americans-think-nation-moving-wrong-direction?odyssey=tab

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. They never loved the Tea Party!

Yeah, right.

[DJ13]

2. Who would have expected stagnant wages, job losses, & forced austerity

..... would lead to people saying the country is going in the wrong direction?

[MsPithy]

4. And, don't forget virtually all politicians ignoring the will of the people.

How to fix health care, the people wanted single payer, at the very least the public option.

The peoples' first priority, JOBS, not the deficit.

To fix the deficit, the people say, tax the rich.

Change Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid, the people say, NEVER.

There is polling behind every one of these statements, please don't make me go and find the links to the polls, it's too depressing.

[PatrynXX]

11. yeah how the Repukes thought November meant repeal the health care law

I'll never know.

[No Elephants]

13. They didn't think that. Everyone spins election and lesser poll results however they want.

The 2010 elections said, "We're not happy." That's all anyone can say for certain.

[harun]

20. Congress is not representing the people.

[russspeakeasy]

3. I hope they didn't spend a lot of time or money on that poll.

I could walk out on the street, ask 7 people and get the same results. Until we get a leader that has some principles, we are going to lose every social battle we engage in.:nuke:

[on point]

5. Bush was headed in wrong direction and Obama is now headed in the same WRONG direction

[matt819]

6. What rocks are the other 30% living under?

Okay, I can accept that the 1% wealthiest might believe that we're on the right track, though my guess is that wealthy Democrats/liberals/progressives, while benefiting from tax breaks, probably fall in with that 70% group. But what about the other 30% who are happy as pigs in poop? I'd like some of their medication.

[Fuddnik]

7. We really do need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[No Elephants]

14. Apparently, that doesn't work either.

Ayers was a Weatherman and he and Obama served on a couple of boards together, plus Ayers did some fundraising for Obama when Obama ran for Illinois Senate.

[dtexdem]

8. There's a simple explanation for that: the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction.

Now, the 70% who think it's moving in the wrong direction have a duty to do something about it. But we don't know what to do, because the Dem Party has let us down, while the Repukes never let us up in the first place.

[Psephos]

9. Well said. n/t

[Cherchez la Femme]

10. I like Canada

[Liberalynn]

17. +1 Million

[bloomington-lib]

12. He's straddling the left/right line

I believe with Obama having one foot on the "right" side and one on the "left" is confusing people. The wrong direction is him moving to the right. The conservative media however will portray it as the left foot being the problem and jumping right is the solution. And looking back he'll believe it too.

Jump to the left Obama! That's what the people want!

[robcon]

15. I think the downgrade caused this change in attitude.

Most people don't know what it really is, but almost everyone knows it's bad... somehow.

[No Elephants]

18. What change? A majority polled were saying "wrong direction" well before the debt ceiling

"crisis."

For example,

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/11/25/Poll-America-headed-in-wrong-direction/UPI-28191290722648/ (wrong direction-63% November, 2010)

[No Elephants]

16. The last thing this country needs....

"After Ronald Reagan’s landslide victory in 1980, Ted Kennedy made the following statement, which strangely apply to the Democrats’ current political predicament: “If the Democrats run for cover, if we become pale carbon copies of the opposition, we will lose and deserve to lose. The last thing this country needs is two Republican parties.”

Instead of sending the usual spin doctors to minimized yesterday’s fiasco {midterms}, President Obama should meditate on the wise words of Ted Kennedy. It is not the left that has deserted the Democrats in their support yesterday, it is the other way around. President Obama’s political agenda is not “too ambitious” like some say, it is too tentative. The “audacity of hope” is long forgotten and has been replaced by the grind of pragmatism. The enthusiasm which carried Barack Obama to the White House last year is fading fast, it has been replaced by a populist raw anger which the GOP managed to ride to victory last night."

[raccoon]

19. They can do polls til the cows come home, TPTB don't give a happy rat's ass what the average

Americans want--or don't want.