Most Americans Say This Is Lowest Point in U.S. History in Living Memory

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Most Americans Say This Is Lowest Point in U.S. History in Living Memory

https://www.newsweek.com/most-americans-say-this-lowest-point-us-history-living-memory-1512072

The vast majority of Americans say the future of their country is a significant source of stress and that this is the lowest point in the nation's history in living memory, according to research.

The nationally representative Stress in America 2020 report by the American Psychological Association consisted of two surveys conducted by The Harris Poll. The first, carried out between May 21 and June 3, involved 3,013 adults living in the U.S. and focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. A separate poll involving 2,058 U.S. adults looked at civil unrest in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd last month.

As many as 83 percent of those who took part in the civil unrest survey said the future of the nation is a significant source of stress, up from 66 percent last year. Some 72 percent think this is the lowest point in U.S. history that they can remember, spiking by 16 percentage points since both 2018 and 2019.
The proportion of black Americans who said they feel discrimination is a major source of stress jumped from 42 percent at the start of May to 55 percent in the latest survey.

Over seven in 10 Americans (71 percent) surveyed said police violence against minorities is a significant source of stress, with 67 percent believing the movement against racism and police violence will trigger meaningful change in the country.

Extrapolate that.

 

[Conager]

Huh.

"Dom" was just bragging about how popular his threads were. I didn't recall him having any.

Let's have a look.

He just got through saying that 1,000 respondents is a "tiny sample" but twice that, plus fifty-eight is thread worthy.

Hmm. Was it the last 58 that pushed it over the top?

Pity-bump, you are welcome for your second thread view as well!

 

[Rotadom]

Huh.

"Dom" was just bragging about how popular his threads were. I didn't recall him having any.

Let's have a look.

He just got through saying that 1,000 respondents is a "tiny sample" but twice that, plus fifty-eight is thread worthy.

Hmm. Was it the last 58 that pushed it over the top?

Pity-bump, you are welcome for your second thread view as well!

That's a lie.

And the bait was taken and the little minnow was hooked

 

[Paul_Chance]

Most Americans are idiots with no sense of history. (Said with humor, love, and no small amount of sarcasm.)

 

[RobDownSouth]

Put another way:

• My grandparents survived the Spanish Influenza of 1918
• My parents survived the Great Depression and lived through World War 2
• I am old enough to remember the race riots in 1968....
• And my children have experienced plague, an economic crash and race riots.....all in the same year.

"MAGA"

 

[Lazaran]

Most Americans Say This Is Lowest Point in U.S. History in Living Memory

https://www.newsweek.com/most-americans-say-this-lowest-point-us-history-living-memory-1512072

The vast majority of Americans say the future of their country is a significant source of stress and that this is the lowest point in the nation's history in living memory, according to research.

The nationally representative Stress in America 2020 report by the American Psychological Association consisted of two surveys conducted by The Harris Poll. The first, carried out between May 21 and June 3, involved 3,013 adults living in the U.S. and focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. A separate poll involving 2,058 U.S. adults looked at civil unrest in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd last month.

As many as 83 percent of those who took part in the civil unrest survey said the future of the nation is a significant source of stress, up from 66 percent last year. Some 72 percent think this is the lowest point in U.S. history that they can remember, spiking by 16 percentage points since both 2018 and 2019.
The proportion of black Americans who said they feel discrimination is a major source of stress jumped from 42 percent at the start of May to 55 percent in the latest survey.

Over seven in 10 Americans (71 percent) surveyed said police violence against minorities is a significant source of stress, with 67 percent believing the movement against racism and police violence will trigger meaningful change in the country.

Extrapolate that.

This is starting to stick to Trump and the right wingers. They convinced some of the more moderate republicans and independents that police brutality was a myth and that the ultra rich deserved to be grossly overcompensated because they were essential to society. The George Floyd killing and others have exposed the first lie, and Covid-19 has shown that essential workers are everywhere in society. Once it fully sinks in that Trump and the republicans have lied to them for years, the backlash is going to be severe. The blue wave that took back the House in 2018 could be a ripple in comparison to the tidal wave coming this November and beyond.

 

[Rotadom]

Most Americans are idiots with no sense of history. (Said with humor, love, and no small amount of sarcasm.)

You mistook "living memory" for "history." I guess that makes you an American Idiot.

 

[Paul_Chance]

You mistook "living memory" for "history." I guess that makes you an American Idiot.

Great album.

The average life span in the US is 76 years. So, let's set the parameters from 1944 to 2020.

-World War 2 was wrapping up.
-Korean War
-Vietnam War
-Segregation
-The Civil Rights Movement
-Polio
-The Summer of Rage
-The Anti-War Movement (Vietnam)
-Two Gulf Wars

And that is just off the top of my head.

 

[Conager]

What if the poll had only 1,058 respondents?

What about 2,008 respondents? Was it the last 50 that made this sample size acceptable?

 

[schism666]

Great album.

The average life span in the US is 76 years. So, let's set the parameters from 1944 to 2020.

-World War 2 was wrapping up.
-Korean War
-Vietnam War
-Segregation
-The Civil Rights Movement
-Polio
-The Summer of Rage
-The Anti-War Movement (Vietnam)
-Two Gulf Wars

And that is just off the top of my head.

roe v. wade

 

[SugarDaddy1]

Better than Obama: Happiness with ‘personal finances’ just shy of all-time record

While Trump foes and the media have played up the gloomy surveys, the latest Gallup poll shows that American optimism in personal finances is just three-points shy of the all-time record, and significantly higher than it was under former President Obama.

The numbers:
53% call their personal finances "excellent" or "good," compared with 49% in April.
The Gallup high was 56% last year. Under Obama, it never hit higher than 48%.
By 41% to 37%, Americans said their situation is getting better rather than worse.
61% of Republicans said their finances are getting better, up from 47% in May.
27% of Democrats said their financial situation is improving, compared with 28% who said the same in
April.

Source

 

[Rotadom]

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