Heading into 2025 People are extra hopeful than discouraged — and extra outright hopeful than they have been heading into 2024. Final 12 months was extra blended.
It does appear to be this very political previous 12 months is affecting that bigger outlook going into subsequent 12 months.
Amongst those that say they’re usually hopeful about 2025, their high cause is that Donald Trump will probably be president.
His upcoming presidency ranks even increased amongst issues making them really feel hopeful about 2025 than their outlook for their very own private relationships and funds.
The hopeful group contains quite a lot of Republicans, underscoring the extent to which politics appears to play a job in outlook usually.
And of these People who say they’re usually discouraged about 2025 — a gaggle that features quite a lot of Democrats — their high cause is that Donald Trump will probably be president.
That mentioned, the brand new 12 months might not see too many People making private modifications. Simply over a 3rd will probably be making New 12 months’s resolutions, the majority of which embody — as we are likely to see annually we ask — concepts round bettering one’s well being and exercising extra.
For the overwhelming majority of People, getting extra concerned in politics is not considered one of them. And most will attempt to keep away from political speak over the vacations.
Economic system
For now, scores of the nationwide economic system are about the identical as final month, and about half of People say their very own monetary state of affairs is nice.
To those that say issues are dangerous, it is a lot the identical story ending 2024 because it has been for years: inflation and costs are driving that sentiment.
These financial sentiments additionally weighed on President Biden’s approval over a lot of his time period, and his ranking as he nears the top of that time period stays in detrimental territory, about the place it has hovered for a very long time. There’s been detrimental response to his determination to pardon his son Hunter Biden, and that tracks intently with partisanship.
We have additionally lengthy seen the pull of partisanship in financial evaluations, and right here, folks inform us about it instantly. Among the many (comparatively few) Republicans who say the economic system is nice, a high reply they offer for why that is the case is that Donald Trump goes to be president. For Republicans who say the economic system is dangerous, a high reply they offer about why is that Joe Biden is president.
The financial lookahead on some financial features is web optimistic but additionally partisan. Barely extra People, pushed by a giant majority of Republicans, assume Trump’s insurance policies will decrease grocery costs than elevate them.
By two to at least one, extra People assume Trump’s insurance policies will result in extra U.S. technological advances than fewer.
Assist for tariffs, although, is sharply partisan, closely favored by Republicans however not by most independents or Democrats. There’s been a little bit of a rise since November within the proportion who assume tariffs would result in increased costs.
People additionally assume Trump’s insurance policies usually tend to improve peace and stability on this planet, extra so than lower it.
Social media’s response to killing of healthcare CEO
After the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the social media and on-line response to it has itself gotten consideration. Most People say they’ve seen or heard one thing concerning the social media reactions that others have expressed on-line, and lots of have seen feedback from others that look like optimistic reactions.
Large majorities assume it is unacceptable when there’s seemingly optimistic reactions on social media, both concerning the killing or seemingly in assist of the alleged killer. In explaining why these posts is likely to be taking place, although, most assume it’s pushed by people who find themselves indignant concerning the medical insurance system, not that these expressing such sentiments are condoning violence.
This CBS Information/YouGov survey was performed with a nationally consultant pattern of two,244 U.S. adults interviewed between December 18-20, 2024. The pattern was weighted to be consultant of adults nationwide based on gender, age, race, and schooling, primarily based on the U.S. Census American Neighborhood Survey and Present Inhabitants Survey, in addition to 2024 presidential vote. The margin of error is ±2.4 factors.
