American Optimism Is the <br />Highest in More Than a Decade, New Gallop Poll Finds.<br />The Gallop poll found that 59.2 percent <br />of Americans feel as if they are thriving.<br />It is the highest measured percentage of <br />optimism in America for more than 13 years.<br />The poll also found that 73 percent of <br />those surveyed said that they had experienced <br />enjoyment for much of the day before.<br />That percentage is the highest it has <br />been since the pandemic began in the U.S. <br />back in March 2020.<br />The polling is consistent with <br />Axios/Ipsos poll findings since May, .<br />as well as with the findings of an NPR/PBS News Hour/<br />Marist College poll released last week that 47 percent <br />of Americans feel the U.S. is headed in the right direction.<br />At this point in former President Trump's term, <br />only 31 percent of Americans felt that way.<br />87 percent of Democrats are more optimistic now than <br />Republicans were four years ago when they controlled <br />both houses of Congress, as well as the White House.<br />Only 66 percent of Republicans felt that the <br />country was headed in the right direction at that time
