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January 5, 2021

Forty-five percent (45%) of voters believe that 2021 will be better for the United States than 2020. A PoliticalIQ survey found that 17% believe it will be worse, and 27% expect things to remain about the same.[1]

Democrats are very optimistic. Sixty percent (60%) of them believe 2021 will be a better year. Just 9% believe things will get worse.[1]

Republicans and independents are not as certain. Among GOP voters, 38% believe things will get better, but 24% say they’ll get worse. As for independents, 36% take an optimistic view, while 20% are pessimistic about the coming year.[1]

Just 16% of voters rated 2020 as a good or excellent year for the nation. Sixty percent (60%) said poor.[1]

On a personal basis, 30% say they had a good or excellent year. Twenty-eight percent (28%) said it was a poor year for them.[1]

Fifty-two percent (52%) say 2021 will be better for them personally. Thirteen percent (13%) take the opposite view.[1]
 

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