Majority of Californians Think Nation Is Headed in Wrong Direction: Survey

With a primary election next week and a presidential election less than nine months away, 75 percent of Californians feel the nation is on the wrong track, according to a recently released survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. Similar sentiment existed during the Great Recession in 2008 and arose again in October 2022 and has persisted since, researchers noted in the report. Republicans are even more pessimistic, with 90 percent saying the country is misguided, compared to 85 percent of independents and 63 percent of Democrats. Younger generations are also more inclined to hold pessimistic views, the survey found. Looking into the future, 63 percent of those surveyed said they expect financial problems to arise in the U.S. over the next year, though Democrats were split at 48 percent on the issue....