American Optimism Is the
Highest in More Than a Decade, New Gallop Poll Finds.
The Gallop poll found that 59.2 percent
of Americans feel as if they are thriving.
It is the highest measured percentage of
optimism in America for more than 13 years.
The poll also found that 73 percent of
those surveyed said that they had experienced
enjoyment for much of the day before.
That percentage is the highest it has
been since the pandemic began in the U.S.
back in March 2020.
The polling is consistent with
Axios/Ipsos poll findings since May, .
as well as with the findings of an NPR/PBS News Hour/
Marist College poll released last week that 47 percent
of Americans feel the U.S. is headed in the right direction.
At this point in former President Trump's term,
only 31 percent of Americans felt that way.
87 percent of Democrats are more optimistic now than
Republicans were four years ago when they controlled
both houses of Congress, as well as the White House.
Only 66 percent of Republicans felt that the
country was headed in the right direction at that time
