#gallup-poll

#gallup-poll

A recent Gallup survey based on more than 20,000 interviews found Americans' optimism about their future personal lives has fallen to a new low. Gallup released findings this week from their National Health and Well-Being Index, which is based on data collected from thousands throughout the four quarters of the year. More than 22,000 interviews were spread across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

"If you look at the optimism metric for future life, that really came down a lot from 2021 to 2023 and that corresponds really closely with the worst of the inflation crisis," Dan Witters, research director of the Gallup national health and well-being index, told Fortune. "The economic pressures of being able to afford things like food and fuel and gas and healthcare-that really can have a deleterious effect."

Just under half, 45%, of U.S. adults now identify as independents, a new Gallup survey found. That's a substantial shift from 20 years ago, when closer to one-third of Americans said they didn't identify with the Democrats or Republicans. This group appears, increasingly, to be driven by their unhappiness with the party in power, according to Gallup's analysis. That's a dynamic that could be good for Democrats in this year's midterm elections, but doesn't promise lasting loyalty.

If you haven't muttered to yourself, "I want to leave the country" at some point in the last year, you might deserve a medal. Things have been tough here in the United States, from rising healthcare costs to inflation to hate crimes to the Ten Commandments in the classroom. Sprinkle in the fact that we still have some of the worst maternity leave, maternal deaths, and abortion laws among our peers and it just isn't super fun to be around here all the time.

When he opened the farm-to-table brasserie in 2024, Bart Hutchins, Butterworth's chef and one of its partners, was determined to resist what he sees as the new puritanism of wellness and sobriety culture. Hutchins finds non-alcoholic mocktails annoying on principle. I did this edict, where I was like, I'm not stocking that stuff,' he said. If you want to drink a glass of juice, just ask for a glass of juice; I'm not gonna pretend it's a cocktail.

A new report from Gallup out this week finds a significant increase in the public's liberal attitudes on immigration. The highlights of their report are here: 30% of Americans want immigration decreased, down from 55% a year ago A record-high 79% of adults consider immigration good for the country There's been a meaningful decrease in support for building a border wall, mass deportation

Musk suffered the most devastating popularity collapse recorded by a new Gallup poll of prominent U.S. and global newsmakers, dropping from -4 net favorability to -28.

A record-high number of Americans (79%) consider immigration good for the country, with a notable decline in support for measures like mass deportations and building a border wall.