GALLUP: In the past 36 years, satisfaction twice peaked at or near 70% when the economy was particularly strong -- in 1986 and 1999 -- and twice at times of high national patriotism: at the start of the Gulf War in 1991 and in the first few months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Satisfaction hit its low point of 7% in October 2008 as the global financial crisis unfolded and the U.S. stock market plummeted, but also reached low levels in 1979, 1992 and as recently as 2011 and 2013...
