Americans are frustrated by politics. According to Gallup’s latest survey, just one in four are satisfied with the way things are going in the nation. Their dissatisfaction has stayed around 80 percent for most of this year, making the current mood among the most pessimistic Gallup has ever recorded.
They are especially frustrated by Congress. Only 10 percent of Americans approved of the way Congress was doing its job in Gallup’s April survey. Eighty-six percent disapproved, tying the highest disapproval Gallup has ever recorded for the institution.
