The 2024 presidential election dominated the news cycle this year and a majority of voters are feeling hopeful about the outcome and optimistic about the future of the country. Despite some feeling it was a bad year, the number of those saying it was good is the highest since 2020 (at the end of the first year of the pandemic).
Regarding the future of the country, 55% are extremely or very hopeful for what’s ahead, which is up 2 points since 2022. Optimism about the country’s future increased by 10 points between 2021 and 2022. Notably, the question was not asked in 2023.
Overall, 45% are not very or not at all hopeful.
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The current numbers are driven by partisan divides, with most Republicans (86%) feeling hopeful for the future of the country, while majorities of Democrats (72%) and Independents (54%) are not hopeful.
In 2021, there was a reversal in how partisans felt, with 6 in 10 Democrats saying they were hopeful, while 7 in 10 Republicans and 6 in 10 Independents said they were not hopeful.
“Since the 1990s, attitudes toward the future are strongly correlated with partisanship,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw. “Even so, there’s more general optimism this year than we’ve seen in a while, as the fear and rancor of the past few years seems to be waning.”
Looking back on 2024, 40% say it was a good year for their family, while 50% say it was a bad year for a net rating of -10. This is an improvement from last year and substantially better than in 2020.
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Voters say 2024 was a bad year for America overall by a 36-point margin, but that’s better than 2020. Since 2018, views on the country’s end-of-year report card have been in a deficit.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans and Independents to feel 2024 was a good year for them and the country.
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Another hopeful note…
Half of voters say “hopeful” describes how they feel about the 2024 presidential results, which is the highest of any other feeling.
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Conducted December 6-9, 2024 under the direction of Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research, this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,015 registered voters. Results based on the full registered voter sample has a margin of sampling error of ± 3 percentage points.
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