Surveys show declining pride and growing pessimism among Americans
Recent polls indicate that many Americans feel the nation’s best years are behind it and anticipate more peril than promise ahead, while confidence in the country’s history and democracy has dropped steeply. According to a USA TODAY article, most Americans are pessimistic about the nation’s present and future, and recent polls show majorities predicting that the country’s best years are behind it
Recent polls show majorities of Americans predict that the country’s best years are behind it and that more peril than promise lies ahead, according to USA TODAY.
USA TODAY also reported that most Americans are pessimistic about the nation’s present and future.
A poll by the Associated Press‑NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that American pride in the country’s history and its democracy has dropped steeply over the past decade, France24 reported.
A Cato Institute survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults conducted in late June found that 86% of respondents said they are grateful to be American and that 70% believe the nation’s founding principles remain relevant, GDelt reported.
GDelt also reported that 46% of Americans do not know that the country’s 250th anniversary commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
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