Poll says 6 in 10 voters unhappy with country’s direction
A new Fox News poll reveals that 60 percent of U.S. voters are dissatisfied with the way things are going in our country. They don’t feel that either the job situation or the economy has really turned the corner and is headed in the right direction.
This is a 3 percent increase from those who said they were unhappy in the previous poll, and that change is coming mainly from people who say they are Democrats. Does that mean Democrats will stay away from the polls for the mid-term elections in November? Let’s hope so.
Also, 57 percent of those polled say they disapprove of President Obama’s job performance rating on the economy. This means they’re unhappy with what he’s doing about the economy rather than whether they think he has any economic management skills.
Although the poll shows that three out of five people are unhappy with how things are going, the results of these polls still baffle me sometimes. When it seems like pretty much everything is going wrong, and when government agencies are caught in lie after lie, and there’s one scandal after another, and the president keeps ignoring Congress to make executive decisions, and when we are becoming a laughingstock around the world, how can 40 percent of the public be satisfied with the situation?
The only thing I can think of is that the majority of people who voted for Obama will defend him no matter what he does or doesn’t do. They will be loyal to him until the end, if for no other reason than they don’t want to admit that they were wrong.
In the end, it’s what happens at the polls that makes a difference. Republicans need to take control of the Senate in the elections this November. If they can do that, maybe they’ll be able to tie Obama’s hands for his final two years in office until we can get somebody in the White House who will respect the Constitution and be a true leader. Now that would be something that I could be satisfied with.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being very dissatisfied and 10 being very satisfied, how would you rank your level of satisfaction with the way things are going in the country? I’d love to hear from you about this.
We were honestly hopeful that these last 7-8 years would change this country. It did not happen. In fact our situation in every aspect of governing is worse. How do we really know who is going to be the one to get us on the right track? It’s apparent that we can’t believe in promises ever again.
Go to Larouchepac.com they will help.
My black friends voted for him because he is black and any time an unfavorable comment about his performance is made, the response is: “Uou are just saying that beause he is black” and all conversation dies that moment. How sad that people vote by color and not capability. Shame on this shallowness
Christel W, I think you need to find some black friends who don’t play the race card.
We can look at every president since Nixon and find that they only got worse, not better. If you allow those in office to be treated like a king, they start to act like one.
They forget they are only a man/ or woman and were put in office by you, therefore can be taken out just as quickly. It’s almost like the American people decided abuse of power was acceptable. So now these persons have changed the laws to allow them to do as they wish and the reward is they get to be taken care of by he American people the rest
Frank
You well know I have struggled as an American Citizen, but truly want to see our country unite. I have found that the only way we can do this is by STANDING STRONG together as CITIZENS OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD and giving thanks that WE the PEOPLE have that chance. Being prepared is important because it will not be easy but we can do it, only if God is in this picture and we Campaign for that Liberty… Check it out I think you will see it’s merrits
I have never been more dis-satisfied in my 60 years of living. On a scale of 1-10 I give dictator Obama -1.
…and the best among us can’t spell “two.”
I voted for Obama and I have regretted it ever since…..its the first time I ever voted and ill never vote again……I hate politics and don’t think much of politisions either….all I can say is forgive me…
derrell
Don’t be confused we need the vote! all we need to do is research our Canadians. Look at the ones that stand strong with the Constitution, and what they have done while in office. How they have stood for the people of this great country not just the hollow promises. If ever I felt that there was a chance to save our country then let me suggest Campaign for Liberty and a vote for Rand Paul. He is on our side more than anyone and I mean anyone!!!!!
Our country has been going downhill ever since obummr stole his way into the white house.
I’ll go past zero, and give him a negative 20.
YOU ARE TOO GENEROUS.
IMEACH THE BLACK BASTIRD
Maybe you should learn English first!
Hans
Lets not be critical of each other, as we can not all be masters of the English Language . However we as the American people need to stand together, to fight the monster that has taken our country and it’s liberties from us. Check out Campaign for Liberty and you will learn what We The People need to do…..
I have had the same problem many times!
Here is a new word fully describing what is wrong with the USA today—
Ineptocracy
A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
Exactly!!!!
Excellent, though unfortunately true. Please dream up some way to include the de facto fourth arm of government…an exceedingly large, entrenched, unelected and largely unsupervised bureaucracy that is essentially uncontrollable.
Robert
the frustration that has taken over our country is in large to apathy that i have listened to for years. Oh my vote don’t matter, so I won’t vote. Does that sound familiar?
Now if you truly want to try to reverse this then look at Campaign for Liberty. I want our freedoms returned, then we need to act, and learn who stands for We The People and will stand Strong for us, unwavering as the man that stood unmoved to stop the Patriot Act in the Filibuster! Who will also stand for the constitution of the United States of America, that which our fore Fathers fought to gain those freedoms from King George. WE need that more than ever, and we need to put God in there, as George Patton did when he went into battle to win world war II God bless all of the American People that want America restored…..
Agreed! The only problem is that this is exactly what he wanted to happen… Only he is trying to do much worse! He wants to divide and destroy our country from with within so that he can take complete control as dictator
I read these comments and they give me hope and that I am not the only one that feels this way. I look back and remember a time that both parties worked together for better or worse. Now I hear the Democrats speak and I wonder what planet they live on. Because it sure isn’t this one.
Mr. 2 faced Obama has done it again. Today he asked congress to OK more use of our military power in the fight against ISIS. My question is — since when did he ever ask for the approval of congress to do anything? Oh wait; Could it be now that we have a republican majority in congress, and he gets their approval; If something were to go wrong, he can blame the republicans because it was their idea? What a slimeball we have occupying the White House!!!!!
My wife and I owned a “profitable” business in 2008. We closed it in 2011 due to too many taxes and too many outside influences wanting greedy money that were in bed with the government. We had sales of a quarter million dollars in our small business but after taxes and payouts to other entities that wanted a piece of the pie we showed a negative at close. We paid almost $3,000 in taxes each month which the government no longer gets because I refused to pay them for doing nothing for my business. At close we were presented with an audit which of course they found we owed an extra $12,500 which we didn’t have so they put a lien on our home. Being in the middle class is the worst thing ever because we can’t afford to pay the interest and penalties for our income now (as we both went back to work for other companies) is just out of our range. We make too much for the lower income bracket and are not rich so we don’t get the better interest rate! I work everyday as I have since I was 16, I pay outrageous rates on health insurance, outragious rates for interest on everything and still can’t live confortable as the people down the street from me who have draw a dissability check and have over $500 a month on an EBT card and sit on the porch all day. I drive by them as they wave to me going to work and they are there to wave at me again when I drive by to go home! Thanks Obama! I’m living the life of a peasant who works for basically enough food to feed my kids and that it!
Afraid too many of us are in the same boat. With a very small business of my own that I work very hard at, I am so very sorry you lost yours. I am conservative in my life and politics and will vote that way, but I have no faith in the present herd of Republicans. I wish the Constitutional Party was strong enough to matter
Agreed-I’m turning libertarian as the GOP putzes in Washington have failed us again!?
I have been voting Libertarian ever since Nixon was ousted. Libertarian doctrine is not perfect but it is multitudes better than either of the two conspiring parties who have run the country in the ground for my entire life of 75 years. If we don’t get Libertarians in office quickly, we are doomed to be slaves of the elite and the muslims. The federal government needs to be reduced by at least 50% for us to survive and absolutely no one will even attempt to accomplish that but a Libertarian.
Robert D.
Again i will say the person that will stand for the people on these TAX Issues IS Rand Paul He knows how we are straddled with taxes and how the people are paying more and getting less. again I stress we look into CAMPAIGN for LIBERTY! It will give you many answers and I pray that We The People can gain control of our Country once again. I know as I had the same problem as you and no longer have my business or home… We want the right changes for America and Trump will not deliver what we need!!!
40 % of them are sleeping . This astounds me that more of the approximate 40% do not want their country back and are satisfied with the status quo and the idiot in power….
I give him a 0.
–9
The article pretty well sums up the reasoning of the 40 percent. They are the ones least affected by these policies…or so they believe. Personally, I have given up trying to have a meaningful, non-inflammatory conversation with a dedicated Progressive/Liberal.
Susan R
I have a friend that needed medical help and could not afford it, and what she saw in Obits Plan was what she thought was a good deal and now finds that she was so mistaken by hollow promises, as so many are. that is how we have been laured into this massive mess that was created by those that said you’ve got to vote for it to see what is in it! WHAT? WE NEED TO READ THESE BILLS in order to understand what IS IN THEM! We need the leaders in office to read them to take that time and not pass them when they are not good for the people anywhere. I know that we need reforms but the only way we will get them, is for you and me to stand up and be counted and vote for those that will stand for the PEOPLE. again Campaign for Liberty will, and I mean WILL stand for us!!!
It’s not just the Obama administration. Congress continues to pass laws which prevent other parties from participating in debates and elections, locking the two-party system into Dems and Repubs in order to maintain their power to pass law after law in favor of themselves over the American people. Our judicial system which was supposed to be the final line of defense in checks and balances system has been bought and corrupted. We can’t rely on our laws to save us anymore. Voting is just an illusion these days to decide whether we want the Devil or Satan in power. The only thing left is to save ourselves.
You win Rik, best brain in here. If the pubs win the senate what will change? NOTHING. The pub house approves and signs all the commie laws etc. They are no defense are you kidding to say this Frank? You can’t believe 40% are satisfied with this POS economy and I can’t believe 60% think a pub senate or presidential victory would change anything! LOLOLOLOL….you are funny.
Do they EVER go back and erase any of it? NO. So why do you think this is a win? The country is gone folks, we can not save her any longer. The world is gone not just usa. You all will see soon. Blind sheeple is all these commenters are – except for Rik here, he nailed it.
Riki
I want to tell you a story that you may not think is relevant to this, but let me assure you it is . When I worked for the I R S All I saw was the bosses making exchanges for favors, sex exchanges and if you did not play the game then you did not advance in the work place. It was a total nightmare. Now have you Seen Hillery get off the plane and spit on our Solders that were returning from service? I DID! It was swept under the rug and hopefully forgotten! Well I have not Forgotten. But I will not Forget the way Obit Threatened the life of their daughter if they did not comply with his wishes!!! Oh how they fell into place and stood by him until she was under the gun by our people over Benghazi! Now the emails! This is an endless mess! Now is the Time to Stand and be Counted. Stand for the Constitution and CLEAN UP THIS MESS. Look At Campaign for Liberty as our very Liberty is at Stake! I Can’t help it but there is to much corruption in our Government and WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS by cleaning up those in office and change the things that need to be CHANGED11111
Riki
Do you remember Why Ross Perot dropped from the presidential elections? How the lives of his Family was threatened? Well this is precisely why the the congress has followed Mr.Obit. Can you see why so many have retired? moved to different jobs. We need to stand and be counted. Vote for our Liberty. The Fact that they want all their Benefits is the other reason and we need to stand against the ESTABLISHMENT!!
Sorry, but my rating of Obama’s regime would be a minus infinity. In my opinion, nothing he has done rises to the level of “acceptable.”
He has taken our Constitutional Republic and gradually turned it into a socialist dictatorship. He has powerful backers who want a socialist America, and Obama has done nearly everything to satisfy them. All that remains is to confiscate our firearms and declare MARTIAL LAW to finish the job.
Obama is statistically acceptable to 40% of the population because they have been made dependent on Big Government for their survival and relative prosperity. They vote for the system that is supporting them because their labor unions tell them to, and discourage them from learning any other way. They want to stay on the good side of the system and continue to get benefits that permit them “not to have to live poor.” They know haw to work the system, and it pays them dividends, so they are happy. They don’t think about what may happen when their Big Government “runs out of other people’s money,” as P.M. Margaret Thatcher so aptly put it.
The best response yet! (Cactus Bob) I really can’t add to it except to say that this is truly an EVIL administration.
Cactus Bob
This is so well said and more people need to look more closely at what is happening to our Country, Because this precisely what Obit wants to have happen. With the state we are in he is darn close to doing just that, Because we are so divided and all of the stirring he and his minoes are doing, in Ferguson Mo. with the riots in Boston and all the police problems we are having in the country, or do you think it is just our imagination? Yes all lives matter not just White or Black, But all lives. We need to change our thinking not to be such critics of each other, i mean not being race oriented but for the love of God and our country love one an other…Ellen says it so nicely “Be Kind To One Another” Life is to short! Remember to unite so we can win With Liberty for all… That is Campaign For Liberty!!!!!
Orrin,
That idiot as you say Joe Biden, has been in Kiev again handing over more of the US tax Payers money and Weapons to the Puppets He and Nuland placed in Power. They are using and supporting a NAZI controlled Country now, yes they are funding and giving weapons to Poroshenko who’s a Jewish Oligarch and together with his other Billionaire Mate , are killing the People in Eastern Ukraine simply because they refuse to recognize or be ruled by Fascism and who blames them. Bidens Son and his mates are on the Ukraine Gas Borad of Burisma and are hanging out there waiting for them to rid Donbass of it’s rightful people, so they can start fracking the land . Also Poroshenko has promised these Peoples land and remaining non bombed homes to his NAZI Soldiers and Officers . They have no souls, and conveniently blame Russia when it really is all the fault of the US and their EU Nato puppets. Ukraine was a great place before , Yanakovich may have been corrupt but what Govt isn’t , at least he did not destroy his own Countries expensive infrastructure or ruthlessly kill his own People like these Morons are doing . The People of Donbass are called Terrorist as they dare defend their homes , Families and Cities , from this modern Fascist State supported by the US, go figure. Russia put up a decree at the UN a week or so ago to condemn fascism and Nazis , and it was voted down by yes you guessed it, the US along with Canada as there are many Nazis with Political clout in Alberta who came there after the 2nd World War and their PM is at their Whim, and then Ukraine itself who with their weird Mix of Jewish Oligarchs and Nazi Ideology are actually enjoying their sick regime and killings of anyone who disagrees . Poroshenko said in a Town Hall last week, ” Their kids will be sheltering in basements, our Children will go to Schools” , and his Military of madness have been lobbing Grads at Schools , Hospitals, Buses, trains, and Peoples homes constantly despite to so called ceasefire Minsk Agreement. :Lets help support the innocent People of Donbass who are simply Fathers, Sons, Daughters , Cousins rightfully trying to stop the slaughter , rapes and other Nazi and US Contractors Acadmia CIA backed type atrocities which the US and EU are turning a blind eye to, simply in the name of greed, to buy the mines at bargain bin prices from the Ukraine Govt after they destroy everything ,to steel their Land and resources .
Smittoon
I hate to say it, but I have not heard of this. I feel swamped by the amount of information and disinformation since this administration here in the U.S. Came into temporal power.
The LAME DUCK doesn’t even qualify for a minus category , because there isn’t a minus enough number. Anyone who would call our Constitution. “LIVING DOCUMENT”, I mean, SERIOUSLY?!!!’ Watch out for the Billionaires. ” NEW WORLD ORDER” ?!!!’ Not on my watch!!! As Charlton Heston said: ” OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!” Keep your heads low, your eyes and ears open. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY!!’ AND THEY CAN’T HAVE IT !!!
Alan S., Terry F., Bob, Rusty Truck, Thomas, & Jim,
As Terry said I have never heard of of this, I will say this Hitler was a demented and dangerous person. With many delusional thoughts. I say this because having been born in Europe my self, he is much like our president now living in a delusional world, Working to destroy our America, with his Rich Communist and Socialist friends. Do you remember the Witch Hunt for the communist that the United States went after? it was horrible. Peoples lives were destroyed and that is what is being done now from the inside. I do see where things are being given away and as John L. says the deterioration has transpired, more than ever and we need to come together as a People, a NATION and Fight with all our might to over through this infestation that grips our country!
Unite with Campaign for Liberty in hopes of regaining out precious Liberties… Stop, Look and Listen and we together Will Make the Difference. In Liberty !
What really gets me is the idiots who continually vote democratic because they can’t see how corrupt they are. How can they be so blind to not see what obama has done and all the others who put him there. He’s not even black but they wanted somebody who looked like them so much they voted for an illegal. The guy has no right to be there, nor the skill level or even the intelligence, I don’t care what they say he’s not brilliant, he’s crooked. Why is that so hard for them to get? They’re getting screwed right along with the rest of us but they seem to like it. Walk up to a liberal and ask him to give you a twenty dollar bill and he’ll tell you to take a hike but when obama just takes it they smile and let him,,, what the hell is wrong with this thinking?
I give king Hussein a – Minus -57… One for each of the states he said that he was going to visit!!
you are absolutely right about our country’s direction,downhill. people won’t admit to being wrong. never underestimate the power of denial.
Or self justification.
When I first arrived in the U.S. as a legal immigrant from Singapore, America was the Utopia I dreamed about since I was a kid. Over the years I have witnessed the gradual deterioration of this great country and it saddens me greatly. The past 6 years have seen an acceleration in the downward spiral of decline from the removal of God, prayers, pledge of Allegiance etc. from schools and public places to the accommodation of Muslims & exclusion of Christians, to the decline in morals, to the acceptance of lies, deception in the highest levels of government, and the bald-faced lies from Obama. Is it any wonder that looting, riots occurred in Ferguson? Obama’s many lies set the example, condoning the lies the black community in Ferguson spewed, resulting in the stirring up of hatred wanton destruction.
Well put. Sad but true. I live in Michigan and very often work in Detroit which is a Democrat/Liberal run city in ruins. I say that because I also work in New York where I actually am now. Rudy Guiliani ran this place for years and cleaned it up. It became vibrant and safe. Now the Liberals are back in power and everything from people’s attitudes to the streets themselves is going to pot. I have been gone for over a year and as an example of what I say, I have heard more horn blasting and seen more impatient, impolite drivers in one day than I have seen in all the months prior to this. There is some kind of negative change here.
This man not only needs to be impeached, he salary needs to be stopped and he needs to be put in prison.
And if the rest of our politician’s don’t have the balls to do this, they need to be voted out of office. He will go down in history as the stupidest president of all time. I think this country is on the verge of a revolution and a racial war, but most of you people don’t have enough séance to see that. You better wake up.
Don’t let the BA$TARD$ wear you down! That’s where they want you. It’s time, America…stand up, dust yourselves off, and face the enemies among you head on! DON’T TREAD ON ME!
I used to be proud to be an
I use to be proud to be an American! Lets get our country back so we can be proud again!!!!!!!!!!!!
a
This is a very sad time for america. The constitution is being trampled on and we are all on candid camera. I hate leaving the house now because its so creepy out there. Cops are stealing $$ fom literally anyone they want to, groceries are so expensive, tvs now have cameras, TSA mauls you with filthy gloves on, and we are all just experiments for corrupt GMO foods…..the president lies, the government heads protect their investments and inside trade. Billionaires steal and put all their illegal gains off shore and the regular citizen suffers. Prisons profit and lock away black and brown people at an accelerated rate, people lose their homes to foreclosure with no standing to do so and yet, the judges are corrupt too. Where does this all end?? Not well I’m afraid. I do not feel safer with a militarized police force and helicopters everywher. I feel sadness and dispare. I know there’s so much more but that’s enough to b a debbie downer. So sad, so hopeless. That’s how I feel about what’s happening now.
Dear Frank,
On your scale of 1 to 10 …. ? My view of Obama is MINUS 37!!! I pick 37 as that is the number of topics since taking office he has been caught lying about to the American people and violated his oath of office by deliberately compromised our Constitution.
For all points and principles he is acting like the Emperor. Yesterday he did his own thing over Immigration. He didn’t dare wait for the new Republican controlled senate to be seated.
We Patriots are completely irrelevant to his political desires and his quest for power. Her should have been impeached some time ago … but, that is not about to happen for to reasons. One; the body politic of both parties don’t have the guts. Second; if impeached think who would take his place … that idiot, Uncle Joe Bidden!!!!
I love my country, but fear my government!
God Save America,
Orrin