The share of American adults who say they’re optimistic about the future of the country has dropped to a new tracking low, according to a poll by Morning Consult, which comes on the heels of a closely-watched consumer confidence gauge that fell to its lowest level on record.
The Morning Consult survey, carried out on a representative sample of 2,210 U.S. adults between June 16–20, shows that 45 percent of respondents said they were “very optimistic” or “somewhat optimistic” about the future of the United States.
This is a record low as far as this particular data series is concerned, which goes back to October 2020. By comparison, a series high was reached in March 2021, when 65 percent of U.S. adults expressed optimism about the future of the country….