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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (110990)	8/19/2011 7:15:03 AM
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Right Direction or Wrong Track 15% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Just 15% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, August 14. The latest finding is down a point from a week ago, 10 points from a month ago and 20 points from a year ago. Since the third week in July, the number of voters who are confident in the nation’s current course has resembled levels measured in the final months of the Bush administration. When President Obama assumed office in January 2009, optimism rose to 27% and climbed to the low to mid 30s – peaking at 40% -- until May 2009. That figure has steadily declined since. Eighty percent (80%) of voters say the country is heading down the wrong track. That ties the highest level measured in three-years. Since January 2009, voter pessimism had ranged from 57% to 63%. Most Republicans (92%) and voters not affiliated with either political party (84%) believe the country is heading down the wrong track. Even a majority (63%) of Democrats now say the country is heading in the wrong direction. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook . Just over half (52%) of blacks are confident in the nation’s current course. That’s compared to just nine percent (9%) of whites and 15% of voters of other ethnicities. Fifty-four percent (54%) of the Political Class believes the country is heading down the wrong track, as do 87% of Mainstream voters. Voters under the age of 30 are slightly less pessimistic than their elders about the nation’s current course. More Americans than ever predict they will be paying higher interest rates a year from now, despite the fact that most say they’re paying about the same in interest as they were last year. Americans nationwide continue to lose faith in the Federal Reserve Board to keep inflation under control, with the number who say they are paying more for groceries now at an all-time high. More voters than ever worry that the federal government will not do enough to help the economy. When it comes to national security, voter confidence about the short-term course of the war in Afghanistan has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years. Confidence about the direction in Iraq over the next six months has dropped to the lowest point in almost five years of surveying. Support for bringing home U.S. troops from Afghanistan is on the rise as few American voters think we have a clearly defined mission anymore in that troubled country. Meanwhile, voter confidence in the course of the War on Terror which surged following the killing of Osama bin Laden continues to fall.