Disgust in politics doubles

2008 2015 Really disgusted 1 8% 24% 2 3% 8% 3 5% 13% 4 6% 12% 5 28% 17% 6 13% 11% 7 15% 7% 8 13% 6% 9 3% 1% Very satisfied 10 6% 1% Approval levels Akron Beacon Journal Disgust in politics doubles When polled in 2008, months before the economy took a dive and near the end of the presidential primary, 22 percent of Ohioans said they disapproved of American politics. Asked again in November 2015, as unemployment inched closer to pre-recession levels, disgust had more than doubled to 57 percent. Here’s how voters responded then and now on a 10-point disgust scale. SOURCE: Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics

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Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics poll on voters' dissatisfaction with American politics.

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2008 2015Really disgusted 1 8% 24% 2 3% 8% 3 5% 13% 4 6% 12% 5 28% 17% 6 13% 11% 7 15% 7% 8 13% 6% 9 3% 1%Very satisfied 10 6% 1%

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Disgust in politics doublesWhen polled in 2008, months before the economy took a dive and near the end of the presidential primary, 22 percent of Ohioans said they disapproved of American politics. Asked again in November 2015, as unemployment inched closer to pre-recession levels, disgust had more than doubled to 57 percent. Here’s how voters responded then and now on a 10-point disgust scale.

SOURCE: Ray C. Bliss Instituteof Applied Politics