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CV NEWS FEED // Americans are generally optimistic for 2025 on personal, national, and global levels, according to recent polling.
RealClearPolling reported that a Fox News poll from early December found the majority of participants – 55% – are very or extremely hopeful about the future of the U.S. in 2025, compared to 53% who said the same thing going into 2023, and 43% who also said the same going into 2022.
The poll found a large divide between optimism depending on party, as 86% of Republicans held favorable views of the country’s future in 2025, compared to roughly one-quarter of Democrats and approximately half of independents who said the same.
Respondents were more likely to say that 2024 was a bad year for the U.S. than a good year (64% vs. 28%). However, on a personal level, 40% said 2024 was a good year for their family and half said it was bad.
An Economist/YouGov poll from late December found that more Americans are optimistic about the economy’s future than are pessimistic (37% vs. 19%). Americans generally view the current economy as bad, with 41% responding that they are worse off financially than a year ago and just 14% saying they are better off financially now. Only 28% rated the economy as excellent or good.
In the same poll, respondents also rated their optimism about the state of the country in four years, with 45% saying it will be better, and 33% saying it will be worse. On a personal level, 44% expected to be doing better in four years, and 19% said they expect to be worse off.
The same optimism applied to global affairs in 2025, with 45% expressing optimism “about what kind of year 2025 will be for the world,” and 30% expressing pessimism.
