Twenty-three percent of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. at this time, unchanged from December and within one percentage point of the 24% average for 2013. This month’s reading is seven points higher than last year’s low of 16% in October, which came during the government shutdown, but is lower than the April 2013 high of 30%. CONT.
Joy Wilke, Gallup