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In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008
2008 Jun 9-12	14	84	2
2008 May 8-11	14	85	1
2008 Apr 6-9	15	83	1
2008 Mar 6-9	19	80	2
2008 Feb 11-14	20	78	2
2008 Jan 4-6	24	73	3
2007
2007 Dec 6-9	27	70	3
2007 Nov 11-14	20	76	3
2007 Oct 12-14	26	72	2
2007 Oct 4-7	25	73	2
2007 Sep 14-16	28	71	2
2007 Aug 13-16	24	73	3
2007 Jul 12-15	27	71	3
2007 Jun 11-14	24	74	2
2007 May 10-13	25	73	2
2007 Apr 2-5	33	65	2
2007 Mar 11-14	30	68	2
2007 Feb 1-4	34	64	2
2007 Jan 15-18	35	63	2
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	30	69	1
2006 Nov 9-12	31	67	2
2006 Nov 2-5	35	61	4
2006 Oct 9-12	30	68	2
2006 Sep 7-10	32	67	2
2006 Aug 7-10	28	69	3
2006 Jul 21-23	33	65	2
2006 Jul 6-9	32	65	3
2006 Jun 1-4	30	67	2
2006 May 8-11	25	72	3
2006 Apr 10-13	27	71	2
2006 Mar 13-16	29	68	2
2006 Feb 6-9	35	62	3
2006 Jan 20-22	35	62	3
2006 Jan 9-12	36	61	3
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	36	62	2
2005 Dec 5-8	35	62	3
2005 Nov 17-20	36	62	2
2005 Nov 7-10	31	66	3
2005 Oct 24-26	35	63	2
2005 Oct 13-16	31	68	1
2005 Sep 26-28	39	59	2
2005 Sep 12-15	34	65	1
2005 Aug 22-25	34	62	4
2005 Aug 8-11	37	60	3
2005 Jul 25-28	40	58	2
2005 Jul 7-10	42	57	1
2005 Jun 16-19	42	56	2
2005 Jun 6-8	38	60	2
2005 May 23-26	41	55	4
2005 May 2-5	39	58	3
2005 Apr 4-7	38	59	3
2005 Mar 21-23	38	59	3
2005 Mar 7-10	42	56	2
2005 Feb 21-24	45	52	3
2005 Feb 7-10	46	52	2
2005 Jan 3-5	46	53	1
2004
2004 Dec 5-8	45	53	2
2004 Nov 7-10	44	54	2
2004 Oct 29-31	44	53	3
2004 Oct 11-14	41	57	2
2004 Sep 13-15	41	56	3
2004 Aug 9-11	44	55	1
2004 Jul 8-11	41	57	2
2004 Jun 3-6	39	59	2
2004 May 7-9	37	62	1
2004 May 2-4	36	62	2
2004 Apr 5-8	41	57	2
2004 Mar 8-11	39	60	1
2004 Feb 9-12	45	54	1
2004 Jan 12-15	46	53	1
2004 Jan 2-5	55	43	2
2003
2003 Dec 11-14	50	48	2
2003 Nov 3-5	44	54	2
2003 Oct 6-8	41	57	2
2003 Sep 8-10	40	58	2
2003 Aug 4-6	46	52	2
2003 Jul 7-9	50	48	2
2003 Jun 12-15	47	51	2
2003 May 5-7	54	45	1
2003 Apr 7-9	55	41	4
2003 Mar 22-23	60	38	2
2003 Mar 3-5	36	61	3
2003 Feb 17-19	39	58	3
2003 Feb 3-6	40	58	2
2003 Jan 13-16	42	56	2
2002
2002 Dec 5-8	46	51	3
2002 Nov 11-14	48	48	4
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	48	47	5
2002 Oct 3-6	47	49	4
2002 Sep 5-8	47	51	2
2002 Aug 5-8	47	50	3
2002 Jul 26-28	48	49	3
2002 Jul 22-24	49	47	4
2002 Jul 9-11	49	48	3
2002 Jun 3-6	52	44	4
2002 May 6-9	56	40	4
2002 Apr 8-11	61	37	2
2002 Mar 4-7	61	37	2
2002 Feb 4-6	61	37	2
2002 Jan 7-9	65	32	3
2001
2001 Dec 6-9	70	28	2
2001 Nov 8-11	65	33	2
2001 Oct 11-14	67	29	4
2001 Sep 14-15	61	36	3
2001 Sep 7-10	43	55	2
2001 Aug 16-19	48	49	3
2001 Jul 19-22	51	46	3
2001 Jun 11-17	51	46	3
2001 May 10-14	46	50	4
2001 Apr 6-8	50	47	3
2001 Mar 5-7	53	44	3
2001 Feb 1-4	51	45	4
2001 Jan 10-14	56	41	3
2000
2000 Dec 2-4	51	46	3
2000 Nov 13-15	58	41	1
2000 Oct 6-9	62	36	2
2000 Aug 29-Sep 5	59	38	3
2000 Aug 18-19	63	33	4
2000 Jul 14-16	61	35	4
2000 Jun 22-25	56	39	5
2000 May 18-21	55	42	3
2000 Apr 3-9	59	37	4
2000 Feb 25-27	65	32	3
2000 Jan 7-10	69	28	3
1999
1999 Sep 23-26	52	45	3
1999 Aug 24-26	62	35	3
1999 Jun 11-13	55	42	3
1999 May 23-24	51	46	3
1999 Apr 26-27	51	45	4
1999 Apr 13-14	58	39	3
1999 Feb 12-13	71	26	3
1999 Jan 15-17	70	28	2
1998
1998 Dec 28-29	50	48	2
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	60	34	6
1998 Aug 21-23	63	34	3
1998 Aug 10-12	60	36	4
1998 May 8-10	59	36	5
1998 Apr 17-19	58	38	4
1998 Feb 20-22	64	32	4
1998 Feb 13-15	59	37	4
1998 Jan 30-Feb 1	63	35	2
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	50	46	4
1997 Aug 22-25	50	48	2
1997 May 6-7	46	51	3
1997 Jan 10-13	50	47	3
1996
1996 Dec 9-11	43	55	2
1996 Nov 21-24	47	47	6
1996 Oct 26-29	39	56	5
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1	45	50	5
1996 Aug 16-18	38	57	5
1996 May 9-12	37	60	3
1996 Mar 15-17	36	61	3
1996 Mar 8-10	41	56	3
1996 Jan 5-7	24	72	4
1995
1995 Aug 11-14	33	64	3
1995 Jul 7-9	32	65	3
1995 Mar 27-29	30	66	4
1994
1994 Nov 28-29	29	67	4
1994 Nov 2-6	30	66	4
1994 Oct 22-25	31	66	3
1994 Jul 15-17	33	65	2
1994 May 20-22	33	64	3
1994 Apr 22-24	32	65	3
1994 Mar 25-27	35	62	3
1994 Feb 26-28	36	61	3
1994 Jan 15-17	35	62	3
1993
1993 Dec 4-6	34	63	3
1993 Nov 2-4	27	70	3
1993 May 21-23	24	73	3
1993 Feb 12-14	25	71	4
1993 Jan 8-11	29	68	3
1992
1992 Nov 11-12	26	68	6
1992 Aug 28-Sep 2 ‡	22	73	5
1992 Jul 31-Aug 2	17	80	3
1992 Jun 12-14	14	84	2
1992 May 7-10	20	77	3
1992 Apr 20-22 ^	19	80	1
1992 Mar 20-22	19	80	1
1992 Feb 28-Mar 1	21	78	1
1992 Jan 31-Feb 2 ^	24	75	1
1992 Jan 3-6 ^	24	74	2
1991
1991 Dec 5-8	37	60	3
1991 Oct 31-Nov 2	35	62	3
1991 Oct 10-13	39	57	4
1991 Aug 23-25	49	45	6
1991 Jul 11-14	43	50	7
1991 May 23-26	49	49	2
1991 Mar 21-24	52	43	5
1991 Feb 28-Mar 3	66	31	3
1991 Feb 14-17	54	40	6
1991 Jan 17-21	62	33	5
1991 Jan 3-6	32	61	7
1990
1990 Dec 13-16	33	64	3
1990 Nov 1-4	32	64	4
1990 Oct 25-28	31	66	3
1990 Oct 11-14	29	67	4
1990 Sep 27-30	37	58	5
1990 Aug 30-Sep 2	51	44	5
1990 Aug 9-12	43	51	6
1990 Jul 19-22	45	51	4
1990 Feb 8-11	55	39	6
1989
1989 May 4-7	44	50	6
1989 Feb	45	50	5
1988
1988 Sep 25-Oct 1	56	40	4
1988 May 13-15	41	54	5
1987
1987 Aug 24-Sep 2	45	49	6
1986
1986 Dec 4-5 †	47	49	4
1986 Sep 3-17	58	38	4
1986 Jun 9-16	69	26	5
1986 Mar 7-10	66	30	4
1985
1985 Nov 11-18	51	46	3
1984
1984 Dec	52	40	8
1984 Sep 28-Oct 1	48	45	7
1984 Feb 10-13	50	46	4
1983
1983 Aug 5-8	35	59	6
1982
1982 Nov 5-8	24	72	4
1982 Sep 17-20	24	72	4
1982 Apr 2-5	25	71	4
1981
1981 Dec 11-14	27	67	6
1981 Jun 5-8	33	61	6
1981 Jan 9-12	17	78	5
1979
1979 Nov 2-5	19	77	4
1979 Jul 13-16	12	84	4
1979 Feb 2-5	26	69	5

^ registered voters † Gallup/Newsweek ‡ Gallup/CNN/Knight-Ridder

In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in your state at this time?

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	No opinion

2001 Jan 10-14	65%	33	2
1995 Jul 7-9	50%	46	4

All in all, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in your local community?

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	No opinion

2001 Jan 10-14	76%	22	2

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