Poll: U.S. Pessimism on Increase

It's even worse than they think!

Did they ask people how many of them will, or would if they could, leave the U.S.?

NBC/WSJ Poll: U.S. Pessimism on Increase:

"WASHINGTON - With congressional midterm elections less than four months away, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that candidates will be facing a public that has grown increasingly pessimistic, as nearly two-thirds don't believe life for their children's generation will be better than it has been for them, and nearly 60 percent are doubtful the Iraq war will come to a successful conclusion.

And there's more pessimism: Among those who believe the nation is headed on the wrong track, more than 80 percent say it's part of a longer-term decline.

'This is just a horrendous set of numbers,' says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican Bill McInturff. The mood is 'as dank and depressing as I have seen.'

According to the poll, 65 percent say they feel less confident that life for their children's generation will be better than it was for them. In December 2001, the last time this question was asked, respondents, by a 49-42 percent margin, said they were confident life would be better for their children.