Poll: 71 percent optimistic about the next four years RAW STORY

Published: Tuesday November 11, 2008





Print This Email This As President George W. Bush's approval ratings plumb new lows -- just 24 percent said they approved of his job as president in a poll yesterday -- President-Elect Barack Obama is receiving hopeful support from Democrats and Republicans alike.



In a CBS poll to be released this evening, 71 percent of Americans will say they are optimistic about the next four years. 88 percent of Democrats are positive about life under the future president, with 51 percent of Republicans.



More than 83 percent of African Americans are also found to be optimistic.



Just 17 percent of Americans are pessimistic, according to the poll.



Previous polls registered similar support prior to the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton -- but not President George W. Bush, who came to office only after the intervention of the US Supreme Court.



