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Home Front: Politix
65% of Americans say US is on the wrong track, poll shows
2016-01-13
[Iran Press TV] The majority of the American population believes that the United States is on the "wrong track," a new poll shows.

The CBS News/New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
poll revealed on Tuesday that only 27 percent of people think the country is heading in the "right direction," while 65 percent believe it is not.

Released ahead of President Barack Obama
Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though....
's last State of the Union address, the poll also shows that 47 percent of people disapprove of the way he is "handling his job," while 46 percent approve of it.

Obama does not shine in the rest of the questions in regard to his performance in other issues. Fifty-two percent disapprove of his foreign policy and only 34 percent do.

Another controversial topic, the issue of immigration, shows a significant gap between his supporters, 37 percent, and opponents, 55 percent.

Obama's handling of the economy, healthcare, gun policy, and terrorism all shows a higher rate of disapproval as well.

Terrorism by Daesh [Islamic State] or other Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
s is deemed by 13 percent of people as "the most important problem facing this country" while 12 percent think that is economy and jobs.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Somebody should tell Iran Press TV that the wrong track includes not nuking Iran.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2016-01-13 12:18  

#3  30% are gov't employees, lobbyists or other rent-seekers.

Of course some of those "wrong track" people think that we need to move much farther left.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-01-13 08:16  

#2  The other 35% realize how far it's gone and choose discretion over valor?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-13 02:42  

#1  That's telling. It seems about 30% of voters will vote for the stupidest thing on the ballot, even if that is having their nuts slowly crushed in a vice.

This, of course, means that the true "100%" is about 70% because those are the ones with enough brains to choose to not have their nuts crushed.

Apparently, we are at the 65% mark, which translates to something more like 93% of people with brains think we are headed the wrong direction.
Posted by: gorb   2016-01-13 01:51  

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