A Gallup poll conducted Aug. 1-20 among more than 1,000 U.S. adults (±4% margin of error) found stark partisan division over the country's direction. Seventy-six percent of Republicans said they are satisfied with the country's direction compared with 0.4% of Democrats (rounded to 0%), producing a 76-point gap, the largest Gallup has recorded on that measure. About a quarter of independents reported satisfaction. Democratic satisfaction has remained in the single digits throughout the year. Overall presidential job approval stood at 40%, with 93% of Republicans and 1% of Democrats approving, a 92-point partisan approval gap.
New polling shows that partisanship in the United States has reached new heights with less than 1% of Democrats satisfied with the direction of the country under President Donald Trump compared to 76% of Republicans. Gallup released a survey this week in which they noted they recorded their highest gap on that metric when asking whether people are happy with the current direction of the country. A total of 76% of Republicans said they are satisfied, but 0% of Democrats felt the same.
The resulting 76-point gap is the highest Gallup has recorded on this measure, although not substantially different from a 75-point gap in May and 74 points in March and July. Before this year, the parties had differed by more than 70 points on satisfaction only once, in October 2004 before that year's presidential election. A quarter of independents also said they are satisfied with the country's direction.
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