US EditionGallup Poll Shows U.S. Future Optimism Hits Two-Decade Low in 2025
Only 59% of Americans expect a high-quality life in five years, the lowest optimism level in 20 years amid political shifts and economic concerns, Gallup found.
- Gallup found about 59% of Americans rated their future lives highly in 2025, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking nearly 20 years ago, The Associated Press reported on Feb 10, 2026.
- Gallup points to politics and economic stress, noting 2025 followed President Donald Trump's return to the White House and produced a sharp partisan split, with about 6 in 10 Latinos seeing ICE raids last year.
- Gallup used a longstanding 0–10 life‑rating question, categorizing 8+ as optimists and 7+ and 8+ as thriving, based on 22,125 interviews with U.S. adults in the Gallup Panel.
- Across parties, polling shows fewer than half of Americans—about 48%—meet Gallup's 'thriving' criteria, with Black adults and Hispanic adults experiencing the steepest drops, and all groups losing about 5 points of future optimism.
- The 2025 measure is down 9 points since 2020, with Gallup noting attitudes shift when a new political party enters the White House and calling it `a warning about the depth of the gloom that has fallen over the country over the past few years.
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Fewer Americans Optimistic About Their Future
American optimism about the future has slid to its lowest point since Gallup began tracking it nearly 20 years ago. Just under 60% of US adults now expect to be living "high-quality" lives five years from now, according to a new Gallup poll . That's down 3.5 points since 2024...
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