That certainly includes dissatisfaction on things other than the economy.
Is this a DNC press release?
Not to mention, all these polls have over-polled Democratic respondents relative to the actual voting population. Further dissatisfaction can also be explained by the "nothing but negative" news coverage of the MSM.
The more important measure is consumer sentiment which was measured being quite high recently. From the report on the Consumer Confidence Index:
"The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had increased in December, improved further in January. The Index now stands at 106.3 (1985=100), up from 103.8 in December. The Present Situation Index rose to 128.4 from 120.7. The Expectations Index declined to 91.5 from 92.6 last month.
The Consumer Confidence Survey is based on a representative sample of 5,000 U.S. households. The monthly survey is conducted for The Conference Board by TNS. TNS is the world's largest custom research company. The cutoff date for January's preliminary results was January 24th.
"Consumer Confidence is now at its highest level in more than three years (June 2002, 106.3)," says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center. "This month's increase was driven solely by consumers' assessment of current economic conditions, especially their more positive view of the job market."
These numbers are totally out of line with right direction/wrong track polling numbers and the polling data cited in this hackneyed article, as well as the very strong December and January retail sales reports, both of which were strong.
"There was bad news for the White House and the Republican Party in the Associated Press-Ipsos poll on public attitudes conducted Feb. 6-8. By a 61-35 percent margin, respondents said that the country was on the "wrong track," and by 57-40 percent disapproved of the way President George W. Bush is running the country."
These polls if you check their internal numbers have over-polled Democratic respondents relative to the actual voting population. Other contributors to these dissatisfaction numbers can also be explained by the "nothing but negative" news coverage of the MSM that colors peoples' opinions. None of this is reflective of economic reality.
The more important measure is consumer sentiment which was measured being quite high recently. THAT measure is much more reflective of economic reality than skewed media polls. From the recent report on the Consumer Confidence Index:
"The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had increased in December, improved further in January. The Index now stands at 106.3 (1985=100), up from 103.8 in December. The Present Situation Index rose to 128.4 from 120.7. The Expectations Index declined to 91.5 from 92.6 last month.
The Consumer Confidence Survey is based on a representative sample of 5,000 U.S. households. The monthly survey is conducted for The Conference Board by TNS. TNS is the world's largest custom research company. The cutoff date for January's preliminary results was January 24th.
"Consumer Confidence is now at its highest level in more than three years (June 2002, 106.3)," says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center. "This month's increase was driven solely by consumers' assessment of current economic conditions, especially their more positive view of the job market."
These numbers are totally out of line with right direction/wrong track polling numbers and the polling data cited in this hackneyed article, as well as the very strong December and January retail sales reports, both of which were strong.