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AP Poll: By 3-1 margin, people more optimistic about future with Barack Obama

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press
Last updated: 11:15 a.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2009

NEW YORK -- Americans by a 3-1 margin feel more optimistic about the future of the country now that Barack Obama has been inaugurated president, a new Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll found.

     
The poll released Wednesday found that 53 percent of those surveyed said they felt more optimistic, while just 15 percent said Obama's ascendancy to the White House made them feel more pessimistic.

With Obama stepping into history as the nation's first black president, 67 percent of those polled said they felt proud, including 47 percent of Republicans.

Americans came together in large numbers to witness Obama's inauguration. Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed said they saw or heard at least part of his inaugural address, and of those, 51 percent deemed it "excellent."

By comparison, only 46 percent said ....................http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=761957&category=InaugurationAP

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Main Entry: 2hope
Function: noun
Date: before 12th century
1archaic : trust , reliance
2 a: desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment ; also : expectation of fulfillment or success b: someone or something on which hopes are centered c: something hoped for