{"id":1960468,"date":"2023-06-29T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-voters-believe-country-is-in-economic-and-cultural-decline-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:58:44","slug":"majority-of-voters-believe-country-is-in-economic-and-cultural-decline-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-voters-believe-country-is-in-economic-and-cultural-decline-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Most voters see economic and cultural decline in country."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajority-of-voters-believe-country-is-in-economic-and-cultural-decline-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Majority of Voters Believe the Country is in Decline<\/h2>\n<p>A Trafalgar Group poll found that <strong>72.5%<\/strong> of likely voters believe the United States is in decline both culturally and economically, compared to only <strong>21.6%<\/strong> who do not believe so.<\/p>\n<h3>Political Party Perspectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Republicans:<\/strong> 91.7% believe the country is in decline, compared to 5.8% who do not.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Democrats:<\/strong> 50.7% believe the country is in decline, compared to 38.3% who do not.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nonparty-affiliated voters:<\/strong> 71.5% believe the U.S. is in decline, compared to 24% who believe it is not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When asked how the perceived decline of the country can be remedied, a majority said they believe everyday people, rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">elected officials<\/a>, are better suited, with <strong>80.6%<\/strong> to <strong>19.4%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Pessimism about the country has been a staple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-gop-sen-david-perdue-in-runoff-battle-with-democrat-jon-ossoff\/\" title=\"Ga. GOP Sen. David Perdue in runoff battle with Democrat Jon Ossoff\">recent polls<\/a>, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-maintains-lead-over-2024-republican-primary-field-poll\/\" title=\"Trump remains ahead in 2024 GOP primary race: Poll.\">polling average compiled<\/a> by RealClearPolitics showing <strong>67%<\/strong> of citizens believe the country is heading in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pick-for-secretary-of-state-tony-blinken-is-connected-to-biden-family-in-their-shady-deals-with-china-and-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Pick for Secretary of State, Tony Blinken, Is Connected to Biden Family in Their Shady Deals with China and Ukraine\">wrong direction<\/a>, with only <strong>23%<\/strong> saying they believe the country is going in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>The most optimistic citizens have generally felt in recent history, according to the average, was in June 2021, when the percentage of people who believed the country was heading in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-voters-believe-country-is-in-economic-and-cultural-decline-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Most voters see economic and cultural decline in country.\">wrong direction briefly dipped<\/a> below 50%, while still more than the number who said the country was going in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Following that brief drop below 50%, the number of citizens bemoaning the direction of the country has grown to current figures. The most recent peak of discontent came in July 2022, when <strong>76.4%<\/strong> said they believed the country was going in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Trafalgar Group poll revealed that 72.5% of likely voters, from various political affiliations, perceive the United States to be experiencing cultural and economic decline. In contrast, only 21.6% of respondents disagreed with this notion. 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