Catherine Rampell notes this data point that is actually good news :
“The share of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered ‘thriving’ on Gallup’s Live Evaluation Index reached 59.2% in June, the highest since Gallup began measuring 13 years ago.”
I know that I spend most of my time wallowing in anxiety and anger. But that is almost certainly a function of all the time I spend on social media and reading about politics. It’s an occupational hazard. But regular people seem to be feeling pretty good right now.
I must admit, looking at that graph, I’m flummoxed as to why some of those external events change their views. It sure seems as though the majority tends to get happier when Republicans win something. On the other hand, it may just be that Gallup chose those events to illustrate their own interpretations of events…
There I go again.
