Poll: Three Quarters Of U.S. Voters Say Country Is “Out Of Control” Under Biden
June 1st, 2024Via: Modernity:
A whopping three quarters of voters say the US is “out of control” and on the “wrong track” under the Biden administration, according to a poll.
A Hart Research/Public Opinion Strategies/NBC News survey reveals that 73 percent of voters overall hold the opinion, making it the highest on record under any president since the tracking began.
The last time the number was this high, it was under George W. Bush in 2008, with 70 percent. The Obama administration had 65 percent expressing the same opinion.
On the wrong track? Yep. Out of control? Nope. They’re just giving us a coffee break.
Where are they getting the 73% from?
I can’t see anything in the article about it:
https://modernity.news/2024/05/30/poll-three-quarters-of-us-voters-say-country-is-out-of-control-under-biden/
In the article cites a Hart / POS / NBC survey but links to a Washington Post article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/25/democrats-republicans-voter-identification/
The WaPo article mentions a CNN survey and 61% (but not 73%) dissatisfaction rating https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/28/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.html
Later on the WaPo article mentions an NBC poll but again, I can’t see the 73% figure or how it was derived, or even any similar / related questions to the headline from Modernity saying “out of control” or “wrong track”. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24614251-240126-nbc-april-2024-poll-4-26-2024-release
I must have missed something? I’d really appreciate it if any of you can point me to the source for the 73% and the source for the “out of control” and the “wrong track” category questions.
My guess is that whoever wrote the Modernity piece included an incorrect link.
I think this is what they were referring to:
“American voters sense things are out of control, on wrong track.”
https://mehlmanconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Not-It-Election-MehlmanQ2-2024.pdf
The chart goes back to 1989 and the most recent (2024) number is 73%, “Nation is off on the wrong track.”
This article also mentions it:
Record high percentage of Americans believe country is on the wrong track
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/record-high-percentage-of-americans-believe-country-is-on-the-wrong-track/ar-BB1nhjM2
With the 2024 presidential election just months away, more Americans than ever believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new report from Mehlman Consulting.
This report found that 73% of Americans believe the nation is off on the wrong track, compared to 22% who believe it is going in the right direction. That’s even higher than 70% who believed the U.S. was on the wrong track in 2008, when the Great Recession hit.
Ah brilliant, perfect – thank you so much! I did a couple of wider searches but I didn’t come across that – thanks!
Would love Mehlman to give a bit more context and cite direct sources but I’ll take what I can get thanks! 🙂