American voters have an overwhelmingly negative view of the nation’s prospects moving forward, according to a new poll of registered voters.
The survey, conducted by New York Times/Siena University, showed that 65% of registered voters believe the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction while just 23% said it was on the right track.
Interestingly, despite a deep partisan divide existing in the country between Republicans and Democrats, respondents to the poll didn’t believe either top candidate to have any life-changing answers for America’s future.
When asked about their approval or disapproval of President Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House, 54% said they disapprove, with 42% “strongly” disapproving, against just 39% either somewhat or strongly approving.
But that doesn’t mean Biden’s current most-likely opponent for 2024 re-election would have the acumen to do any better despite, or perhaps because, of his previous Presidential experience.
When asked about their opinion of former President Donald Trump, who lost his own re-election bid to Biden in 2020, 55% said their opinion was unfavorable, with 44% of that total saying “very unfavorable,” against 41% registering as somewhat or very favorable.
Posed the same opinionated question about Biden, 54% of voters in the poll said their opinion about the current Commander-In-Chief was either somewhat or very unfavorable (38% saying “very unfavorable”).
As for the top competitors on both sides of the aisle, again the outlook doesn’t improve much.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis polled as 48% unfavorable against just 31% favorable. Another 21% either didn’t know, refused to answer or said they had never heard of him.
Republican former Vice President Mike Pence, who served as VP under Trump, polled as 58% unfavorable against just 26% favorable and 16% either refusing to answer or saying they hadn’t heard of him.
Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fared the best with 38% favorability and just 34% unfavorability, but he also was a virtual unknown to 28% of respondents who either didn’t know, refused to answer, or didn’t know who he was.
The makeup of the poll was relatively even with 29% of respondents identifying as Democrat, 27% as Republican, and the majority – 34% - saying they identified as independent of any party.
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