I was going to say this was an eye-opening example of how question phrasing matters.
But then I saw the footnote stating that the first two questions are from a summer 2025 survey and the last one is from April 2026, and now I just want to hunt down whoever stuck them on the same figure like this.
Chris Rowan
About as many Americans say they are optimistic (48%) as say they are pessimistic (51%) about the future of the country as a whole.
