The percentage of voters believing that the country is better off since Barack Obama became president jumped seven points after the two political conventions, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Thirty-eight percent of registered voters now say the nation is better off, which is up from 31 percent in the August NBC/WSJ conducted before the conventions.
Still, a plurality of voters — 41 percent — believe the country is worse off, while 21 percent think it’s in the same place. [cont.]
Mark Murray, NBC News