Americans pessimistic about future

[The Barbarian]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.

In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this question almost 20 years ago.

What a new Gallup poll shows about the depth of Americans' gloom

A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' optimism about their future is at a low. Only 59% of U.S. adults rate their future life satisfaction highly, which is the lowest measure since Gallup began asking the question almost 20 years ago.

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[d taylor]

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Our Presidents we are electing are just not old enough. We need somebody with experience and that comes with age.
Need someone to run who is in their 90's to 100's. Someone who has been around and seen good and bad times, so they can guide our country to good times.

 

[FireDragon76]

It might have something to do with generational changes, I suspect. Older people are dying, younger people, who have mostly inherited an incoherent and troubled world, don't feel so optimistic about the future.

 

[The Barbarian]

Older people are dying, younger people, who have mostly inherited an incoherent and troubled world, don't feel so optimistic about the future.

And our president is a sick, angry, convicted felon who has no idea how to do anything about it.

 

[FireDragon76]

And our president is a sick, angry, convicted felon who has no idea how to do anything about it.

Kayfabe may be entertaining, but it doesn't produce moral and existential clarity.