Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years, poll finds.

[sunonmars]

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This bold — yet unsurprising — conclusion comes from the COVID Response Tracking Study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. It finds that just 14% of American adults say they're very happy, down from 31% who said the same in 2018. That year, 23% said they'd often or sometimes felt isolated in recent weeks. Now, 50% say that.

The survey, conducted in late May, draws on nearly a half-century of research from the General Social Survey, which has collected data on American attitudes and behaviors at least every other year since 1972. No less than 29% of Americans have ever called themselves very happy in that survey.

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This has to be the biggest omen for Trump yet, there is no getting round this one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Ya think?

[theaocp]

2. Those 14% are on some kind of uppers.

I'd actually like a breakdown for what makes one "very happy" these days. Moments of joy? Sure. Overall attitude? No fucking way.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. Sociopaths getting off on the chaos and misery

Of all the suffering people they hate( people with empathy and compassion and stand up against wrongdoing)

[Bradshaw3]

3. Historically it has been a major marker for an incumbent losing

You're right, it is a bad omen for drumpf and a great one for the rest of us.

[Calculating]

4. Oh really?

Between the bailouts for the rich, the racial unrest, the ongoing pandemic, and the lack of any sports to watch I'm just loving life lately.

[virgogal]

5. 50 years? I guess they don't count the 30s and early 40s. Another useless survey.