---
"title": "Satisfaction Falls to New Low"
"description": "Just 18% of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country today, down from 22% in March and 27% at the end of 2007. This represents a new low in 20 years of Pew Research Center polling."
"date": "2008-06-13"
"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/2008/06/13/satisfaction-falls-to-new-low/"
---

# Satisfaction Falls to New Low

Just 18% of Americans now say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country today — a new low in 20 years of Pew Research Center polling — while the percent dissatisfied has risen to 76% today, also a record high. Satisfaction fell from 22% in March and 27% at the end of 2007 while dissaatisfaction climbed from 72% in March and66% in December. Previously, the lowest measure of satisfaction was in September 1993 when 20% of Americans were satisfied with the state of the nation.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/report/?pageid=1317)