Americans' satisfaction with the direction of the United States continues to fall as they remain worried about government dysfunction and the country’s economic problems, according to a new poll.

Only 26 percent of Americans are currently satisfied with the way things are going in their country, down from 30 percent in July, a Gallup survey released Friday shows.

The satisfaction rating is also on the lower end of what Gallup has found in its monthly measures of this question throughout 2015.

Generally, less than 30 percent of Americans have expressed satisfaction with the country's direction since 2007, an extraordinarily long spell of low satisfaction when compared with Gallup's full trend since 1979.

Americans name the economy in general, dissatisfaction with the government and unemployment or jobs as the most important problems facing the country and the main reasons for their lack of satisfaction.

These three problems have been mostly at the top of Americans' minds for several months. Immigration, race relations, and poor health care are also mentioned by a significant number of Americans this month.

Other top problems that Americans say are facing the US include access to good education, the federal budget deficit and foreign policy.

“As the country begins to gear up for the 2016 presidential election, candidates need to find a way to address the many problems Americans identify,” Gallup said.

“If the current mood continues, candidates may find a largely unsatisfied nation that does not identify a single overarching issue as the most important problem facing the country,” it added.

US satisfaction levels have averaged no higher than 27 percent in any full year during President Barack Obama’s time in office, the longest stretch of low satisfaction of any of the past four two-term American presidents.