Chris Christie last night: “In seven short years this president has stripped away their trust, and their faith, and their belief that the next generation will have a better life.”
Poll results from NBC News/Wall Street Journal: “All in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel that things are off on the wrong track?”
Right track/wrong track
July 2015 (most recent) 28/ 65
July 2008 (7 years ago) 13/ 74
July 2007 (similar point in George W. Bush’s presidency) 19/ 67
Similarly from Pew Research Center/Washington Post: “All in all, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country today?”
Satisfied/dissatisfied
July 2015 31/ 64
July 2008 19/ 74
Oct 2007 (closest to July) 28/ 66
Similarly CBS News/New York Times: “Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?”
Right direction/wrong track
May 2015 31/ 63 (most recent)
May 2008 14/ 83
May 2007 24/ 72
Gallup Poll: “In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?”
Satisfied/dissatisfied
April 2015 28/ 70
April 2008 15/ 83
April 2007 33/ 65
Note– A commenter below sniffs that, well, then, Obama hasn’t “done anything to improve the way things are going in our country.” To that I point the partisan to the NBC News/WSJ right/track wrong/track number from September, 2000, just beore Republican George W. Bush took offfice: 44 / 38. By Christie’s standards, Bush was an utter disaster.
