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Satisfaction With the United States

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

	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%
2022 Jun 1-20	13	87	*
2022 May 2-22	16	83	1
2022 Apr 1-19	22	77	1
2022 Mar 1-18	24	75	1
2022 Feb 1-17	21	78	1
2022 Jan 3-16	17	82	1
2021 Dec 1-16	21	79	1
2021 Nov 1-16	24	75	1
2021 Oct 1-19	23	75	1
2021 Sep 1-17	24	75	1
2021 Aug 2-17	23	77	1
2021 Jul 6-21	30	69	1
2021 Jun 1-18	35	63	1
2021 May 3-18	36	62	2
2021 Apr 1-21	34	65	1
2021 Mar 1-15	32	67	1
2021 Feb 3-18	27	71	1
2021 Jan 4-15	11	88	1
2020 Dec 1-17	16	83	1
2020 Nov 5-19	21	76	2
2020 Oct 16-27	28	71	2
2020 Sep 30-Oct 15	19	80	2
2020 Aug 31-Sep 13	14	85	2
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	13	84	3
2020 Jul 1-23	13	86	1
2020 May 28-Jun 4	20	78	2
2020 May 1-13	32	66	2
2020 Apr 1-14	30	68	2
2020 Mar 2-13	42	57	1
2020 Feb 3-16	45	55	*
2020 Jan 2-15	41	58	1
2019 Dec 2-15	36	62	1
2019 Nov 1-14	35	64	1
2019 Oct 1-13	28	70	2
2019 Sep 3-15	33	66	1
2019 Aug 1-14	32	67	1
2019 Jul 1-12	36	62	2
2019 Jun 3-16	32	66	1
2019 May 1-12	36	63	1
2019 Apr 1-9	31	67	2
2019 Mar 1-10	33	65	2
2019 Feb 1-10	29	69	2
2019 Jan 2-10	26	72	2
2018 Dec 3-12	31	66	3
2018 Nov 1-11	35	62	3
2018 Oct 15-28	33	65	2
2018 Oct 1-10	38	59	3
2018 Sep 4-12	37	61	2
2018 Aug 1-12	36	63	1
2018 Jul 1-11	35	62	2
2018 Jun 1-13	38	60	2
2018 May 1-10	37	62	2
2018 Apr 2-11	29	69	2
2018 Mar 1-8	28	68	4
2018 Feb 1-10	36	63	2
2018 Jan 2-7	29	69	2
2017 Dec 4-11	29	67	4
2017 Nov 2-8	25	72	3
2017 Oct 5-11	21	75	3
2017 Sep 6-10	25	73	2
2017 Aug 2-6	28	70	2
2017 Jul 5-9	27	71	3
2017 Jun 7-11	24	73	3
2017 May 3-7	31	66	3
2017 Apr 5-9	32	66	2
2017 Mar 1-5	29	69	3
2017 Feb 1-5	30	68	2
2017 Jan 4-8	26	72	2
2016 Dec 7-11	27	71	2
2016 Nov 9-13	27	70	3
2016 Nov 1-6	37	62	1
2016 Oct 5-9	28	70	2
2016 Sep 7-11	29	70	1
2016 Aug 3-7	27	72	1
2016 Jul 13-17	17	82	2
2016 Jun 1-5	29	69	2
2016 May 4-8	28	69	3
2016 Apr 6-10	26	71	3
2016 Mar 2-6	27	71	2
2016 Feb 3-7	27	71	1
2016 Jan 6-10	23	76	1
2015 Dec 2-6	20	79	1
2015 Nov 4-8	27	71	2
2015 Oct 7-11	25	72	3
2015 Sep 9-13	29	70	1
2015 Aug 5-9	26	72	1
2015 Jul 8-12	30	68	2
2015 Jun 2-7	28	71	1
2015 May 6-10	26	72	2
2015 Apr 9-12	28	70	1
2015 Mar 5-8	31	67	2
2015 Feb 8-11	32	66	1
2015 Jan 5-8	32	66	2
2014 Dec 8-11	23	76	2
2014 Nov 6-9	20	77	3
2014 Oct 29-Nov 2	27	70	3
2014 Oct 12-15	21	77	2
2014 Sep 4-7	23	76	2
2014 Aug 7-10	22	76	2
2014 Jul 7-10	24	73	3
2014 Jun 5-8	23	74	3
2014 May 8-11	25	74	2
2014 Apr 3-6	24	74	2
2014 Mar 6-9	25	73	2
2014 Feb 6-9	22	77	2
2014 Jan 5-8	23	75	2
2013 Dec 5-8	23	76	1
2013 Nov 7-10	20	78	3
2013 Oct 3-6	16	82	2
2013 Sep 5-8	23	75	2
2013 Aug 7-11	22	75	2
2013 Jul 10-14	28	68	3
2013 Jun 1-4	27	71	2
2013 May 2-7	24	74	2
2013 Apr 4-14	30	67	3
2013 Mar 7-10	21	77	2
2013 Feb 7-10	27	72	2
2013 Jan 7-10	25	71	4
2012 Dec 14-17	23	72	5
2012 Nov 15-18	31	68	1
2012 Nov 3-4	33	64	2
2012 Oct 15-16	30	68	2
2012 Sep 6-9	30	68	2
2012 Aug 20-22	25	73	2
2012 Aug 9-12	23	75	2
2012 Jul 9-12	28	69	3
2012 Jun 7-10	20	77	2
2012 May 3-6	24	74	2
2012 Apr 9-12	24	74	2
2012 Mar 8-11	26	72	2
2012 Feb 2-5	22	77	1
2012 Jan 5-8	18	80	2
2011 Dec 15-18	15	84	1
2011 Nov 28-Dec 1	14	86	1
2011 Nov 3-6	12	86	2
2011 Oct 6-9	13	85	2
2011 Sep 8-11	11	88	1
2011 Aug 11-14	11	88	1
2011 Jul 7-10	16	81	2
2011 Jun 9-12	20	78	2
2011 May 5-8	26	72	2
2011 Apr 20-23	22	75	3
2011 Apr 7-11	19	78	3
2011 Mar 3-6	18	80	2
2011 Feb 2-5	23	75	2
2011 Jan 7-9	19	78	3
2010 Dec 10-12	17	81	2
2010 Nov 4-7	19	79	1
2010 Oct 28-31	22	75	3
2010 Oct 7-10	21	77	2
2010 Sep 13-16	19	79	1
2010 Aug 27-30	20	78	2
2010 Aug 5-8	21	77	2
2010 Jul 8-11	21	76	3
2010 Jun 11-13	23	75	1
2010 May 24-25	25	73	2
2010 May 3-6	24	74	2
2010 Apr 8-11	27	71	2
2010 Mar 26-28	23	75	2
2010 Mar 4-7	19	79	2
2010 Feb 1-3	21	77	2
2010 Jan 8-10	23	76	2
2009 Dec 11-13	25	73	2
2009 Nov 5-8	24	74	1
2009 Oct 16-19	26	72	2
2009 Oct 1-4	26	71	3
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	29	70	1
2009 Aug 6-8 @	36	63	1
2009 July 10-12 @	30	65	5
2009 June 14-16 @	34	63	4
2009 May 7-9 @	35	62	3
2009 Apr 6-8 @	26	69	6
2009 Mar 5-7 @	19	77	4
2009 Feb 9-11 @	15	82	3
2009 Jan 3-5 @	13	85	3
2008 Dec 4-7	10	88	2
2008 Nov 13-16	11	87	2
2008 Nov 7-9	13	84	3
2008 Oct 31-Nov 2	13	85	2
2008 Oct 10-12	7	91	1
2008 Oct 3-5	9	90	1
2008 Sep 8-11	21	77	2
2008 Aug 21-23	18	81	1
2008 Aug 7-10	17	80	3
2008 Jul 10-13	17	81	2
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Aug 11-14	33	64	3
1995 Jul 7-9	32	65	3
1995 Mar 27-29	30	66	4
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 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 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 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 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 May 4-7	44	50	6
1989 Jan 27-Feb 5	45	50	5
1988 Sep 25-Oct 1	56	40	4
1988 May 13-15	41	54	5
1987 Aug 24-Sep 2	45	49	6
1986 Dec 4-5	47	49	4
1986 Sep 13-17	58	38	4
1986 Jun 9-16	69	26	5
1986 Mar 7-10	66	30	4
1985 Nov 11-18	51	46	3
1984 Dec 7-10	52	40	8
1984 Sep 28-Oct 1	48	45	7
1984 Feb 10-13	50	46	4
1983 Aug 5-8	35	59	6
1982 Nov 5-8	24	72	4
1982 Sep 17-20	24	72	4
1982 Apr 2-5	25	71	4
1981 Dec 11-14	27	67	6
1981 Jun 5-8	33	61	6
1981 Jan 9-12	17	78	5
1979 Nov 2-5	19	77	4
1979 Jul 13-16	12	84	4
1979 Feb 2-5	26	69	5
^ Asked of a half sample; # Based on Registered voters; @ Asked on Gallup Daily poll; * Less than 0.5%
Gallup

In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time? Are you very [satisfied/dissatisfied], or just somewhat [satisfied/dissatisfied]?

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
2022 Jan 3-16	4	13	31	51	1
2021 Jan 4-15	3	8	22	66	1
2020 Jan 2-15	17	24	25	33	1
2019 Jan 2-10	7	19	26	46	2
2018 Jan 2-7	9	20	26	43	2
2017 Jan 4-8	5	21	31	41	2
2016 Jan 6-10	3	20	32	44	1
2015 Sep 9-13	5	24	25	45	1
2014 Sep 4-7	3	20	28	48	2
2014 Jan 5-8	3	20	33	42	2
2013 Sep 5-8	5	18	30	45	2
2013 Jan 7-10	5	20	30	41	4
2012 Sep 6-9	6	24	27	41	2
2011 Oct 6-9	2	11	28	57	2
2011 Sep 8-11	1	10	32	56	1
2008 Jan 4-6	5	19	30	43	3
2007 Oct 12-14	5	21	31	41	2
2007 Jan 15-18	9	26	30	33	2
2006 Jan 9-12	9	27	28	33	3
2005 Jan 3-5	13	33	27	26	1
2004 Jan 12-15	11	35	31	22	1
2003 Sep 8-10	8	32	30	28	2
2003 Jan 13-16	8	34	32	24	2
2002 Sep 5-8	11	36	31	20	2
2002 Jan 7-9	18	47	20	12	3
2001 Sep 7-10	6	37	34	21	2
2001 Jan 10-14	13	43	26	15	3
1995 Aug 11-14	5	28	37	27	3
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