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| For First Time Under Obama, Majority Says U.S. Is on Wrong Track |
| 2009-10-29 |
| While the stock market has picked up and the country appears to be pulling out of the recession, a majority of Americans - for the first time in the Obama presidency - says the U.S. is headed down the wrong track, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted Oct. 22-25. Fifty-two percent say the country is on the wrong track compared to 36 percent who say it is headed in the right direction with 9 percent saying conditions are mixed and 3 percent undecided. While there have been pluralities saying the U.S. is on the wrong track in four of the previous five WSJ/NBC polls during Obama's presidency, this is the first time the number broke 50 percent. The one month where that was not true was April when 43 percent said things were on the right track and an equal number said they were going in the opposite direction. President Obama's job approval rating stands at 51 percent, the same number it had been during the previous two months. But the approval ratio for his handling of the economy has dipped from 51 in September to 47 percent in October. Forty-nine percent are very dissatisfied with the state of the economy and another 31 percent are somewhat dissatisfied. Seventeen percent are somewhat satisfied and only 2 percent are very satisfied. Fifty-eight percent say there is "still a ways to go" before the economy hits bottom, while 29 percent believe the economy has bottomed out. But a plurality - 42 percent - believe things will get better in the next 12 months compared to 33 percent who say they will stay the same and 22 percent who predict things will be worse. Sixty-three percent believe that current conditions are due to factors Obama inherited while 20 percent say he is responsible for them. Sixty-four percent don't see the improvement in the stock market as real evidence the economy is improving. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Dan, it's propaganda day coming out from AP today. GDP rose in the third quarter by 3.5%. Probably due to 'cash for clunker' gimmick and $8k first time homebuyer incentive. |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2009-10-29 15:57 |
| #4 the country appears to be pulling out of the recession Who thinks that the country is recovering? |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2009-10-29 15:41 |
| #3 More proof that the scales are finally falling away. The "wrong track" to which they refer is the.... OBAMA TRACK! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-10-29 14:16 |
| #2 Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll? I thought Murdoch/Fox bought the WSJ? |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-29 14:08 |
| #1 Have a feeling the "Wrong Track" numbers are going to get larger as people see the Marxist/Communist train wreck coming down the tracks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-10-29 09:52 |