A new CNN poll finds “only 35% of U.S. adults say that things are going well in the country today, with 65% saying things are going badly. That, however, marks a modest improvement from surveys this summer and fall, when fewer than 3 in 10 said things were going well.” “The share who now say things are going very badly is 19%, down from 34% in CNN’s polling this summer and 26% in October.