Negative View of State of the Union

A new Monmouth poll finds just 46% of the American public says the state of the union is strong, while another 27% say it is not too strong and 24% say it is not at all strong.

“When Monmouth asked poll respondents to use one word or phrase to describe the United States of America today, the most common response was ‘divided’… This sentiment accounts for more than 1 in 10 responses when combined with related words such as polarized, conflicted, and fractured. Other commonly mentioned top-of-mind words are chaos, mess, confused, and disappointing.”

“In all, 76% of poll respondents used a negative word to describe the current state of the country while just 15% used a positive one.”