Fox News Poll: 76 Percent Dissatisfied With Direction of Country

Three-quarters of American voters -- 76 percent -- are dissatisfied with how things are going in the country, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.

That’s up from 69 percent who felt that way in April, and 61 percent at the beginning of the year.

At the Obama administration’s 100-day mark in April 2009, just over half of voters -- 53 percent -- were dissatisfied with the direction of the country. That number has steadily increased since.

Dissatisfaction with the direction of the country and unhappiness with the nation’s leaders has sparked organized responses -- such as the Tea Party and the newly formed Occupy Wall Street movements.

By a 7 percentage-point margin more voters think the Tea Party (45 percent) is good for the country than say the same of the Occupy Wall Street movement (38 percent).

Forty-seven percent of voters are at least somewhat concerned Occupy Wall Street demonstrations will eventually turn into street riots. In fact, by Tuesday night that had already happened, as police in riot gear fired tear gas at protesters in Oakland, California.

 

Likewise, twice as many think big government is a greater potential threat to the country’s future than big business (60-29 percent).

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