Having survived the longest in the history of the US shutdown, more Americans came to the conclusion that the country is on the wrong track.
According to a survey by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal published on Sunday, January 27, 63% of respondents said that the country is «headed in the wrong direction», while 28% believe the opposite (the lowest rate during the presidency of trump). These figures have grown in just a month. Back in December 2018 with the fact that the US is going down the wrong path, agreed 56% of respondents, while 33% claimed that it is not.
«Dark times, — said the sociologist and Democrat Peter HART, who conducted the survey together with a colleague, Republican bill Mcinturff. — Shutdown in the foreground».
The wrong way, mess, chaos, polarization, concern, destruction, deterioration — that’s how the Americans describe the current state of America.
According to a survey by PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist Institute held prior to the temporary interruption of the shutdown on Friday, 25 January, 54% of respondents accused political crisis as the President.
As for the current poll NBC/WSJ, 43% believe that Donald trump made the wrong changes in the country. Do not agree with this statement 39%.
Among the strongest qualities trump the respondents (NBC/WSJ):
- the directness and openness with the American people (43%);
- changes in business (39%);
- the effectiveness and communication of results (38%);
- good negotiator (36%).
The weakest part of the President (NBC/WSJ):
- stability and reliability (32%);
- competence and experience (32%);
- honesty and reliability (28%);
- high personal and ethical standards (24%).
In the survey from January 20 to 23 January was attended by 900 people. The margin of error is 3.3 percentage points
