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Americans’ satisfaction with how things are going in the country remains low

Americans’ satisfaction with how things are going in the country remains low
% of U.S. adults who say they are __ with the way things are going in the country today
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Note: No answer responses are not shown.
Source: Pew Research Center surveys, November 1991-January 2026. Surveys from 1991-2018 were conducted by telephone; surveys from 2019 and later were conducted mainly online among respondents in the Center’s American Trends Panel.
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Americans’ satisfaction with how things are going in the country remains low
% of U.S. adults who say they are __ with the way things are going in the country today
End Field DateSatisfiedDissatisfied
11/10/19913461
1/6/19922861
1/6/19933950
5/27/19932271
9/15/19932075
10/15/19932273
3/21/19942471
7/27/19942473
4/9/19952374
6/11/19952573
10/30/19952373
3/31/19962870
7/28/19962967
1/12/19973858
8/10/19974946
9/11/19974549
1/18/19984650
2/2/19985937
8/2/19985044
8/24/19985541
9/10/19985442
11/19/19984644
1/17/19995341
9/9/19995639
5/13/20004843
6/28/20004745
9/10/20005141
1/7/20015541
2/19/20014643
3/18/20014745
6/17/20014352
9/4/20014153
9/25/20015734
3/10/20025040
5/16/20024444
8/25/20024744
9/15/20024155
11/10/20024148
1/12/20034450
4/16/20035041
8/5/20034053
10/20/20033856
12/17/20034447
1/15/20044548
2/29/20043955
5/9/20043361
7/18/20043855
10/15/20043658
12/15/20043954
1/9/20054054
2/21/20053856
5/28/20053957
7/18/20053558
10/10/20052965
11/27/20053459
1/8/20063461
3/6/20063263
5/15/20062965
7/19/20063065
10/4/20063063
11/12/20062864
12/10/20062865
1/9/20073063
1/15/20073261
2/15/20073061
10/23/20072866
12/30/20072766
2/2/20082470
3/15/20082272
5/25/20081876
6/29/20081976
7/27/20081974
8/10/20082174
9/14/20082569
10/12/20081186
12/8/20081383
1/11/20092073
4/21/20092370
5/12/20093458
6/14/20093064
7/26/20092866
8/17/20092865
8/27/20092865
9/15/20093064
10/4/20092567
11/8/20092567
1/10/20102769
2/9/20102371
3/14/20102371
3/21/20102569
4/5/20103163
4/26/20102966
5/16/20102864
6/27/20102764
9/6/20102571
9/26/20103063
11/7/20102369
12/5/20102172
1/9/20112371
2/7/20112668
3/14/20112273
5/2/20113260
5/8/20113062
6/19/20112373
7/24/20111779
8/21/20111779
10/4/20111778
1/16/20122175
2/12/20122866
4/15/20122469
6/3/20122964
6/17/20122868
7/9/20123164
10/21/20123261
12/9/20123362
12/19/20122568
1/13/20133066
2/18/20133164
5/5/20133065
7/21/20132767
10/13/20131481
11/6/20132175
1/19/20142669
2/26/20142866
4/27/20142965
7/14/20142968
8/24/20142472
9/9/20142571
10/20/20142965
11/9/20142768
12/7/20142671
1/11/20153166
2/22/20153362
3/29/20153164
5/18/20152967
7/20/20153164
9/27/20152769
10/4/20152767
12/13/20152572
1/14/20162570
3/26/20163165
4/19/20162670
6/26/20162471
8/16/20163166
10/25/20163363
12/5/20163065
1/9/20172868
2/12/20173065
4/11/20173066
7/9/20172867
10/30/20172670
12/4/20172768
1/15/20183262
3/14/20183066
5/1/20183362
6/12/20183461
9/24/20183361
8/4/20192772
10/13/20192871
11/11/20193169
3/24/20203366
4/12/20203168
6/22/20201287
8/2/20201287
10/5/20201882
11/17/20202277
3/7/20213366
9/19/20212674
9/26/20212574
1/17/20222178
5/1/20222475
8/14/20221881
10/16/20222179
11/27/20222475
1/24/20232278
4/2/20231980
6/11/20232178
7/16/20232277
12/3/20232277
1/21/20242178
5/19/20242278
7/7/20241882
8/11/20242475
10/6/20242376
11/17/20242970
2/2/20253861
3/16/20253465
5/4/20253267
8/10/20253465
10/16/20252772
1/26/20262969
7/12/262771
8/9/262573
10/4/262277
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Note: No answer responses are not shown.
Source: Pew Research Center surveys, November 1991-January 2026. Surveys from 1991-2018 were conducted by telephone; surveys from 2019 and later were conducted mainly online among respondents in the Center’s American Trends Panel.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
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