Most Americans pessimistic about next 12 months: poll
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Via: vic-eldred • 3 years ago • 54 commentsBy: Dominick Mastrangelo (TheHill)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Americans are growing more negative about the track the country is on, according to a new poll.
More than half of those surveyed in the ABC News/Ipsos poll published Sunday, or 55 percent, said they are pessimistic about the direction of the country. In May, 36 percent indicated the same thing.
Forty-five percent of respondents now report feeling optimistic about the way things are going in the United States. Almost two in three - 64 percent -- agreed in the May survey, however.
Optimism is currently down about 20 points among Democrats and Republicans, pollsters found, and down 26 points among independents.
Overall, more than 6 in 10 respondents, or 63 percent, approve of President Biden 's response to the pandemic.
With regards to the Delta variant of the coronavirus sweeping through the nation, mainly among unvaccinated Americans, about 6 in 10 also indicated they are concerned, with 20 percent saying they are "very" and 42 percent saying they are "somewhat" concerned that they or someone they know will become infected.
Biden has spent the last several days pleading with unvaccinated Americans to receive a shot, and called out bad actors on the internet who are pushing false or misleading claims about vaccines.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted from July 23-24, among 527 adults. It has a margin of error of 5.0 percentage points.
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Gee, what a shock!
Oh common now, you know this is all Trump's fault!/S
As long as he stays on stage some of it will be.
A pandemic can't help them this time.
You think it's bad now, just wait until happy Harris replaces him ..... it's coming ..... has been from the start.
It's only a question of how & when. Put me down for they find him babbling to himself in a corner.
You heard it here first ...... well probably not the first time you heard it but it's good to bring it up every once in awhile so we don't have to look back so far to show the mutual admiration society we told em so.
I'm not shocked that you seeded it, but really Vic, a poll of 527 with a 5.0 margin of error? @!@
Remember who tends not to take part in polls. Clue: they wear red hats.
Ok ... here's another poll for you, take daddy out of the mix and Donald Jr. leads DeSantis. Note that this poll is among Republicans, no blue hats:
Polling companies adjust for this, what do you think their 10,000 employees are doing, counting 527 questionnaires?
That's silly, isn't it. Is Biden really going to be running in 24?
Judging by the last two Presidential polls, they are out drinking all night.
I have no idea if Biden will run again, the only thing I will predict about the future is that it will continue to be a dominatrix bitch that does not give a hoot about the past.
That's silly, isn't it.
Both polls are silly at this point in time ... just keeping pace with you Vic; you can't complain if I or others do exactly what you do.
Try and remember:
1. No direct or indirect derogatory references to other members
A derogatory reference is a negative statement about another member. Often this is called a personal attack. The best way to avoid a derogatory reference is to not make an uncomplimentary personal comment or include an insulting label. Basically, address issues and arguments, not individual members.
It's not really about me.
I don't make derogatory references about an abstraction. As to your admonition, it really does not seem to fit here, your insinuation is both inordinately subjective and objectionable.
I think it kind of hit the target.
I think you should read your previous post and pay attention to it. This is not the first time you've quoted it this week.
Have a nice day Vic, I have some B. Traven to catch up on.
Third time today.
Have a nice day Vic, I have some B. Traven to catch up on.
Enjoy. Later.
This American is doing just FINE!
President Biden and VP Harris are doing just FINE!
Optimism was at record highs after Biden was inaugurated, the only reason that optimism is shrinking slightly is because of the millions of dip shits and nit wits who are refusing to get vaccinated thus we have seen a new surge in Covid cases nationwide and some States are discussing reinstating mask mandates and limiting groups sizes and lowering capacity at restaurants. We have more than enough vaccines for every single eligible American to get vaccinated, those holding out because they're so fucking stupid that they think they know more than immunologists are hurting our nation both physically and fiscally. It's no surprise who the majority of hold-outs are.
" Americans who say they will definitely not get vaccinated against COVID-19 are overwhelmingly white and Republican, according to polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation."
" Americans who say they will definitely not get vaccinated against COVID-19 are overwhelmingly white and Republican, according to polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation."
Yes, I posted a seed about that last week, of course all the naysayers piped up and said 'that's not true'!
We know the truth.
And yet, black and Hispanic Americans lag behind white American vaccination rates.
Aren't Democrats always saying how blacks and Hispanics always vote Democratic?
And there are quite a few of them that are in a wait and see mode before taking the vaccine. I figured that out in the beginning when the media was pushing the "inequities in Blacks and Hispanics getting vaccinated" narrative.
So, in other words, Biden is only being graded on his handling of the pandemic? AKA wishful thinking.
We have more than enough vaccines for every single eligible American to get vaccinated, those holding out because they're so fucking stupid that they think they know more than immunologists are hurting our nation both physically and fiscally. It's no surprise who the majority of hold-outs are.
You don't want to know who "they" are.
" Americans who say they will definitely not get vaccinated against COVID-19 are overwhelmingly white and Republican, according to polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation."
Is what we are going to use. The great unifier should have convinced them by now, don't you think?
Of course they are, Donald Trump is still polluting the atmosphere almost every day.
"But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!"
How original. No defense of the abysmal Biden administration record. Just continued deflection to Trump. If one listened to nothing but the left you would think Trump is still president.
I am explaining why some people are pessimistic about the future - it is likely to still have Donald Trump in our futures.
The question in the poll isnt specifically about Biden.
It dropped 19 points in two months.
People haven't changed their mind on Trump in the last two months.
Probably not, but they were hoping he would do the decent thing and go away. In the last two months he has all but announced he is running for president again.
They were?
Did GW Bush and Obama "do the decent thing and go away"?
"Did GW Bush and Obama "do the decent thing and go away"?"
Did they claim that the election was stolen from them and have a failed coup/insurrection???????
Why should GW and President Obama 'go away'?
OMG
You predictided it and he magically delivered on cue with comment # 3.
Hillary Clinton did.
Question: Did you actually plan to come over here and talk Trump? Do I really have to go back to ruling him off topic?
You really need to get Trump out of your head. You are going to lose congress in 2022. Focus on that for a while.
If Trump was not running again and if the gop in Congress was not obstructing all progress and the gop, in general, was not being dumb, hateful and mean as hell then the gop would normally have a leg up on the 2022 midterm election.
Butt, Vic, the gop is being all those bad things.
Voters HATE that. So, all bets are off for 2022.
Nancy is going to lose her job!
Progressives can't change who they are.
Defunding the police, CRT, blanket amnesty for illegal aliens, all are losing issues for them, but not to worry, they won't begin to realize it until the Democratic Party performs its own autopsy after the midterms.
My wager remains in effect, but I'll make it easy for you. If the Republicans fail to take congress in 2022 I will state right here that more people think like you than think like me. That would truly be an endorsement of Bernie Sanders and AOC.
Yup, she'll be hitting the Ice Cream!
A new poll shows 47% of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction.
That's the highest number in the past 12 years, according to the latest poll from PBS Newshour/NPR/Marist, although it's still a minority of Americans.
The only organization showing less, is ............................... wait for it ......................................Rassmussen.....
It's easy to find the truth. In 2022 if democrats get tossed out of congress, we'll know the public was making a correction. Clearly most did not really vote for the path we're on.
Indications are the gop is actively losing voters!
As evidence Biden's approval rate holds at the mid to high fifties as Trump's sinks below forty.
There is no evidence that voters miss Trumpism.
So why don't Democrats have a larger majority in Congress instead of losing seats last time?
What does history tell you about midterm elections?
And if what you say is true, what did the 2020 elections tell you about what the public wanted, when republicans lost the Senate, the House, and the presidency?
That the President's party usually loses seats, and we all know Democrats really can't afford any losses at all with their razor-thin majority because the GOP will undoubtedly pick up a few seats because some red states are picking up additional seats, and because the GOP controls the most states.
I'm not sure yet. As I say books will be written about the 2020 election.
And yet, the Democrats won the generic ballot by 3,000,000 in 2016. By 2018 Democrats won the generic Congressional ballot by 5,000,000. Last year Democrats won both the Congressional and Presidential races overall by over 8,000,000.
Gerrymandered or no the gop is losing votes.
Keep repeating that one blip while fluffing over the gop losing all three branches in two years.
Anytime you want to wager on that, I'll be here.
Hang your hat on generic ballots. They don't count for anything, just another poll.
I'll stick with actual ballots that count.
If what you claim is true, how on earth did Democrats actually lose seats in the House while Biden was winning handily?
I am pessimistic about the direction of the country, but what does that mean? I understand that everyone's view of the direction of the country is colored by factors which they personally hold to be important to them. Some of these may or may not be related to the president and the job he is doing. In my personal case, I see the resurgence of the pandemic as a reason to be pessimistic because the tools to control the pandemic have been poo-pooed by a large section of American society to the point where the very items that can stop the pandemic will not be used by the very people who need to use them, all at the behest of foolish and incompetent personalities. I do not blame anybody but the people who would not get behind the messaging campaign from the start. I am also feeling less optimistic because these same tired and worn out demagogues are the ones who are threatening us with continued rule via the most transparent of lies. But really , the thing that makes me the most pessimistic, is the fact that at around a quarter to a third of our populace is capable of believing these utter falsehoods told by known liars and charlatans such as Tucker Carlson and the POS Trump.
Now, you could have posted the results of the poll and asked what the other members of the forum thought about them. Or, possibly given some thoughts on why you felt less than optimistic about the next twelve months. But, no. To you, the only important thing about the poll is that Americans are feeling less optimistic than they did in a prior poll. Then you magically transfer all of that into the smug and somewhat foolish reading of - since they feel less optimistic, it must be because Biden is doing a poor job and what else could you expect of poor, old Joe: Hence, your comment in 1.1 ," Gee, what a shock!"
It would be quite amusing to have an actual discussion on a website that is supposed to be all about discussion, but as shown by you, is really only about advancing one's own viewpoint at the disparagement of others who may not be of like mind.
Here is a link to the actual poll , which The Hill did not even post a link to.
That's one of many, but it is valid.
I do not blame anybody but the people who would not get behind the messaging campaign from the start.
The start being where? When the pasndemic hit? Then Biden & Harris sent some bad messaging. If the statr point is the Biden presidency, then you have some mixed signals. You have a vaccinated Biden wearing a mask for months. That had people wondering. However, the messaging won't matter come election time. If there is a resurgence with new restrictions, then as TiG pointed out last year, the administration typically gets the blame. The only consolation may be that Biden is likely to be a one term president and Harris has such low numbers with democrats that she'll likely be primaried.