Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. July 14-Aug. 5, 2003. N=2,528 adults nationwide. MoE ± 2.
"All in all, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country today?"
Jul-Aug 03:
Satisfied: 40% (down from 50% in April)
Dissatisfied: 53% (up from 41%)
No Opinion: 7% (down from 9%)
These are the second-lowest numbers since 1997.
The lowest (34%) happened January 2003.
The highest? 59% in February 1998.
A survey with a margin of error of only 2% is kinda significant.