---
"title": "Republicans Dissatisfied with Country’s Direction"
"description": "Republican dissatisfaction with the country's overall direction has risen significantly in recent months with a solid 56% majority of Republicans now saying they are dissatisfied with the nation's course, and only 40% expressing satisfaction."
"date": "2008-04-04"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/04/04/republicans-dissatisfied-with-countrys-direction/"
---

# Republicans Dissatisfied with Country’s Direction

Republican dissatisfaction with the country’s overall direction has risen significantly in recent months with a solid 56% majority of Republicans now saying they are dissatisfied with the nation’s course, and only 40% expressing satisfaction. Republican opinion on this question has changed significantly in recent months. In late December of last year, Republicans were about equally likely to say they were satisfied (47%) with the country’s direction as they were to say they were dissatisfied (48%). Overall, just 22% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country, the lowest percentage observed in any Pew Research Center survey since the fall of 1993. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/780/dismal-views-of-the-national-economy--its-the-inflation-stupid)