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CNN: American Optimism Is Highest In More Than 10 years
CNN ^ | 07/11/21 | Harry Enten

Posted on 07/12/2021 10:08:18 AM PDT by Enlightened1

(CNN)Poll of the week: A new Gallup poll finds that 59.2% of Americans say they're thriving. Additionally, 73% of Americans said they experienced enjoyment for a lot of the previous day.

The former is the highest rating Gallup has ever recorded on the measure dating back to when it was first taken more than 13 years ago. The latter is the highest since the coronavirus pandemic began early last year.
 
What's the point: The last year has been tough for a lot of Americans. Among other issues, the coronavirus dominated our lives, and there was a very contentious presidential election. But with the election in the rearview mirror and more people returning to their pre-pandemic routines, Americans are feeling a lot more optimistic.
 
A number of different measures show Americans are feeling better about themselves and the state of the country than they have in a while.
 
The Gallup measures I mentioned shouldn't be too surprising given what we've been seeing from Axios/Ipsos polling. More Americans have been saying that their emotional well being has improved in the last week than gotten worse in every survey since May. From when the question was first asked in March 2020 through April of this year, more Americans had said it had gotten worse than better in every survey.
 
This positivity goes beyond the personal and into the political.
Last week, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist College poll found that 47% of Americans said the country was going in the right direction. That was within the margin of error of the 49% who said we were going in the wrong direction.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: Enlightened1
The only optimism I see is for 2022 and 2024..
21 posted on 07/12/2021 10:20:02 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Enlightened1

If true, it’s only because they can now go outside without having to wear masks all the time.


22 posted on 07/12/2021 10:21:24 AM PDT by x
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To: Enlightened1

What a complete joke. In real news, CNN is watched and read by mostly conservatives. They do so for a good laugh.


23 posted on 07/12/2021 10:21:25 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Enlightened1

“I smell shite…yes, definitely shite.”


24 posted on 07/12/2021 10:22:15 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Enlightened1

Wow. These people are tyrannically and intentionally delusional. They are mentally ill, and I don’t say that lightly.


25 posted on 07/12/2021 10:22:49 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Enlightened1

How is that possible with all the racism, sexism, homophobia, islamophobia, economic inequality..?!
Propaganda! CNN can’t even lie coherently.


26 posted on 07/12/2021 10:23:08 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Tell It Right

I wouldn’t mind giving Biden a good one in the kisser . . .


27 posted on 07/12/2021 10:23:19 AM PDT by BraveMan
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To: a fool in paradise

Agitprop by master propagandists.


28 posted on 07/12/2021 10:23:47 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: Enlightened1

CNN is now a caricature.


29 posted on 07/12/2021 10:23:56 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: rlmorel

“They are mentally ill”

They are minions of Satan. Satan is laughing loudly these days. Satan was and is.


30 posted on 07/12/2021 10:25:04 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Enlightened1

BS


31 posted on 07/12/2021 10:25:51 AM PDT by Osage Orange (DRT)
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To: Retrofitted
Wonder how many of the 59% are getting free money from Big Papa Government?

Right.

When Uncle Santa Sam's money spigot runs dry, see how much they "thrive" by getting a job. Will the Dems dare to stop the "stimulus" socialist money?

Do they know that it will be like that day when the EBT welfare cards system broke down and no stores took the recipients' transactions as valid. Big anger that day.

32 posted on 07/12/2021 10:26:25 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Enlightened1

You WILL be optimistic. That is a direct order from Dear Leader!


33 posted on 07/12/2021 10:26:32 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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You WILL be optimistic. That is a direct order from Dear Leader!

Are they sending people door to door to make sure we're optimistic?

34 posted on 07/12/2021 10:27:27 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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If cnn says something…it is a lie…


35 posted on 07/12/2021 10:28:08 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Enlightened1
Take all Gallup Polls with a huge grain of salt. These are questions from their web page:

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt.

Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?

Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?Did you experience the following feelings a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment; worry; sadness; stress; anger; happiness?

Now try to fit those answers into a k-Means Cluster analysis.

36 posted on 07/12/2021 10:28:29 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Enlightened1

Crappola from the Onion again. Would y’all quit that? Even CNN can’t, surely, be this stupid. Even their shareholders are crying in their beers.


37 posted on 07/12/2021 10:28:30 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: Enlightened1
CNN.....

Complete Narcistic Nonsense

38 posted on 07/12/2021 10:28:48 AM PDT by Osage Orange (DRT)
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To: Enlightened1

Fake News


39 posted on 07/12/2021 10:29:06 AM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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To: Enlightened1

Inflation now and it looks like it will get worse, led by gasoline. Unemployment high and getting worse.

This is starting to look like the jimmy carter economy.

People are just glad to be taking their masks off and expressing it as “optimism.”


40 posted on 07/12/2021 10:29:16 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)
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