Americans’ satisfaction with the state of affairs in the US fell 12 percent in the past month following the police killings of African American men and mass shootings of police, according to a new poll.
Currently, only 17 percent of people in the US are satisfied with the way things are going in their country, the Gallup survey released Thursday found.
Last month, 29 percent of Americans were satisfied with their country’s condition, according to data from Gallup’s latest monthly reading of Americans’ satisfaction, taken July 13-17.
“Satisfaction is the lowest it has been nationwide since October 2013, when Republican members in Congress led a federal government shutdown,” Gallup said. “This 12-point drop in one month is tied for the largest decrease in satisfaction since Gallup started asking satisfaction monthly in 2001.”
The poll found that 18 percent of Americans believe racism is the most important problem facing the country, an increase…