Polls are NOT "news"...never have been..never will be.
It is good to keep in mind that this was an online poll of a thousand adults, not registered voters or people likely to vote.
Like SaxxonWoods infers or says (and correctly so) not everyone is doing badly or has specific reasons for not being optimistic. That is certainly true. There are people who thrive in financial environments or situations that other people don’t. Not everyone is an accomplished investor, myself included.