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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmericans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years, poll finds.
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This bold yet unsurprising conclusion comes from the COVID Response Tracking Study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. It finds that just 14% of American adults say they're very happy, down from 31% who said the same in 2018. That year, 23% said they'd often or sometimes felt isolated in recent weeks. Now, 50% say that.
The survey, conducted in late May, draws on nearly a half-century of research from the General Social Survey, which has collected data on American attitudes and behaviors at least every other year since 1972. No less than 29% of Americans have ever called themselves very happy in that survey.
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This has to be the biggest omen for Trump yet, there is no getting round this one.
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Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years, poll finds. (Original Post)
sunonmars
Jun 2020
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50 years? I guess they don't count the 30s and early 40s. Another useless survey.
virgogal
Jun 2020
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,835 posts)1. Ya think?
theaocp
(4,244 posts)2. Those 14% are on some kind of uppers.
I'd actually like a breakdown for what makes one "very happy" these days. Moments of joy? Sure. Overall attitude? No fucking way.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)6. Sociopaths getting off on the chaos and misery
Of all the suffering people they hate( people with empathy and compassion and stand up against wrongdoing)
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)3. Historically it has been a major marker for an incumbent losing
You're right, it is a bad omen for drumpf and a great one for the rest of us.
Calculating
(2,957 posts)4. Oh really?
Between the bailouts for the rich, the racial unrest, the ongoing pandemic, and the lack of any sports to watch I'm just loving life lately.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)5. 50 years? I guess they don't count the 30s and early 40s. Another useless survey.