U.S. voters are deeply divided on practically every issue but one: the belief that the country is headed in the wrong direction.
A new WND/Clout poll of 800 likely voters found that 85.3 percent believe the nation is in bad shape.
After seven years with Democratic President Barack Obama leading the country, even 51.9 percent of people in his own party believe the country is going in the wrong direction. The same is true for 87.4 percent of Republicans and 83.9 percent of Independents.
Only nine out of 100 Republicans and 15 out of 100 Independents believe the country is headed in the right direction. Again, even among Democrats, only 44 out of 100 think the country is on the right track.
"The latest WND.com/Clout Research survey shows that the dramatic dissatisfaction that Republican voters felt toward the Obama administration since early in his first term has spread to include all of Washington," said Fritz Wenzel, chief of Clout Research. "Given what we have seen in the first act of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, this is no surprise, as political outsiders lead experienced candidates by wide margins. But it is appears to be raw economic insecurity, not run-of-the-mill Beltway politics, that appear to be at the core of the problem."
The survey found that 92.6 percent of those who consider themselves to be conservative believe the country is on the wrong track, and among liberals, 90.0 percent said the same.
When asked about the American economy, almost 80 percent described it as "very fragile" or "somewhat fragile."
The poll was conducted by telephone between Oct. 15-19 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.43 percent.
Gallup conducted a similar poll in May, which found that only 26 percent of Americans were satisfied with the way the country was headed, with the biggest problem being the government, Congress and politicians, followed by the economy, as HNGN previously reported.
