last seen in 2017. The decline since February came in two waves. The first occurred as the coronavirus spread across the country, and the second -- a 12-point drop from May -- followed the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody in Minneapolis.Line graph.
Satisfaction among Americans with the direction of the US since 1979. The latest 20% satisfaction rating on the metric is down 25 percentage points since February.The most recent reading of the public's satisfaction with the direction of the country is from a Gallup poll conducted May 28-June 4, 2020.
The field period encompassed the arrests of the police officers charged with Floyd's May 25 death and the eruption of nationwide protests against police brutality and racism in.