Opinion Today

March 20, 2023

More Americans See U.S. as Leading Economic Power
Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup
More Americans now than in 2021, 44% to 37%, believe the United States is the leading economic power in the world. That seven-percentage-point increase is nearly matched by an eight-point decline (from 50% to 42%) in the percentage identifying China as the top economic power.

Republicans’ views of the US have become more pessimistic, polling shows
Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
In CNN’s latest polling, the share of Republican-aligned adults who said the country’s best days are over had skyrocketed to 70%, while the percentage saying that America’s culture was threatened by increasing racial and ethnic diversity rebounded to 38%. In a question not asked in 2019, a broad 78% majority of Republican-aligned Americans also say that society’s values on sexual orientation and gender identity are changing for the worse.

World Happiness Report: Happiest Countries Prove Resilient Despite Overlapping Crises
Sustainable Developm…