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A new Gallup poll finds that just nine percent of the American public are “satisfied with the way things are going in the United States” — the lowest such reading in Gallup Poll history.

The previous low point for Gallup’s measure of satisfaction had been 12%, recorded back in 1979, in the midst of rising prices and gas shortages when Jimmy Carter was president. Gallup has recorded a 14% satisfaction level at several points — once in the senior Bush’s administration in 1992, and several times earlier this year.

The reason for Americans’ extraordinarily low level of satisfaction is straightforward: the economy. Asked in the weekend Gallup Poll to name the most important problem facing the country today, almost 7 in 10 Americans mentioned some aspect of the economy, far ahead of any other problem mentioned.

UPDATE: The Gallup Poll also puts President Bush’s approval rating at an all-time low (for Gallup) of 25 percent. This puts Bush within the margin of error of the lowest presidential approval numbers in the history of polling. One Utah readers may recall that the ARG Poll recorded a 19 percent rating for Bush last February.

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