Poll Finds Faith in Obama, Mixed With Patience
Poll results on Americans and their view of the state of the economy.
Looking back
Compare the way things are going in
the United States with how they were
going five years ago.
Apr.
2008
4
17
Better
78%
Worse
Jan.
2009
5
10
About the same
83%
Jobs
When it comes to the availability of
good jobs for American workers, do
you think America's best years
behind us or yet to come?
Apr.
2008
48
9
Behind us
43%
Yet to come
Jan.
2009
35
8
No opinion
57%
Source: New York Times/CBS News Polls
Looking ahead
What is your best guess about the
United States five years from now if
things go pretty much as you expect?
39
19
Better
34%
Worse
61
17
About the same
19%
Economy
How would you rate the condition of
the national economy these days?
90
80
70
60
50
Jan.08
July.08
Jan.09
Fairly or very bad 92%
THE NEW YORK TIMES