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...
Percent Of Americans Satisfied With U.S. Heading To Zero
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...