According to Gallup, two-thirds of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. This leaves only 30 percent of people who are satisfied. What’s most surprising about this statistic is that the satisfaction rate was actually much lower in October 2008 at 13 percent.

There are two things to note here:

1. We are becoming more satisfied with the state of the country.
2. The satisfaction rate could be much higher.

So we’re not satisfied with the state of our country, but what are we as citizens doing to change this dissatisfaction? Continue reading →