Roughly half of Americans have negative view of country under Trump

Almost half of Americans have a negative view of the country after Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election.

{mosads}According to the latest ABC News/SSRS Poll, 46 percent of Americans used negative words like “scared” or “bleak” to describe the direction of the country under President-elect Trump.

Thirty-nine percent had positive words to say about the direction of the country under a Trump administration, using words like “optimistic” and “hopeful.”

Forty-eight percent of Americans used negative words to describe Trump’s victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, while 40 percent used positive words. Negative words used to characterize Trump’s win included “devastated” and “worried.” Among the positive words were “relieved” and “hopeful.”

The survey of 256 American adults was conducted online from Nov. 10 to 11. It has a margin of error of 7.7 percentage points.