Americans say founders would give grim 250th report card: poll
Data: Gallup ; Chart: Avery Lotz/Axios Back in 2001, most Americans thought the Founding Fathers would be pleased with how our country turned out. Today, fewer than one in five agree, according to a recent poll. Why it matters: Few things unite Americans in its 250th year like their shared conviction — across party, age, race and income — that the country has let its founders down. By the numbers: More than three in four Americans (77%) say the signers of the Declaration of Independence would b…


