"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. It's a warning about the depth of the gloom that has fallen over the country over the past few years. In the data, Gallup's "current" and "future" lines have tended to move together over time - when Americans are feeling good about the present,"
"But the most recent measures show that while current life satisfaction has declined over the last decade, future optimism has dropped even more. The finding comes from a longstanding Gallup question that asks Americans to rate their current and future lives on a scale from 0 to 10. Those who give themselves an 8 or higher on the question about the future are categorized as optimists."
In 2025, only about 59% of Americans rated their anticipated life in five years at an 8 or higher on a 0–10 scale, the lowest annual measure since similar tracking began nearly 20 years ago. Current life satisfaction has declined over the last decade, but optimism about the future has fallen almost twice as much. Fewer than half of Americans (about 48%) meet the criteria for "thriving" by rating current life 7+ and future 8+. Democrats and Hispanic Americans showed larger declines, and Republicans' future optimism has also weakened compared with the prior Republican presidency.
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