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applegrove

(133,083 posts) Mon May 18, 2026, 04:07 PM 9 hrs ago

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Big Majority Say the U.S. Is In Decline [View all]

Big Majority Say the U.S. Is In Decline

May 18, 2026 at 11:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 57 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/18/big-majority-say-the-u-s-is-in-decline/

A new Pew Research survey finds 59% of Americans say the country’s best years are behind us, while 40% say its best years are ahead.

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Big Majority Say the U.S. Is In Decline [View all] applegrove 9 hrs ago OP

We have been in decline for the last 50 years in my opinion. ☮ walkingman 9 hrs ago #1

Election of Reagan, inflection point. harumph 8 hrs ago #8

Yep that was a date for the history books. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #9

It sure was, and I was fresh out of HS and was seriously lacking in common sense. harumph 8 hrs ago #10

It has always been the Republicans slowly destroying the US dave99 6 hrs ago #15

It's the worst in my lifetime kimbutgar 9 hrs ago #2

Barreling down the hill with Trump at the wheel.scotus and gop pushing from behind BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #3

and pootin behind the gop pushing hard. SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #5

The slippery race-to-the-bottom slope of late-stage capitalism. Intractable 9 hrs ago #4

OK. HOW MANY OF THEM VOTED FOR THAT? n/t CousinIT 9 hrs ago #6

I think it'll be a long crawl back from where we're headed 0rganism 8 hrs ago #7

Which means that 1% think that this year, 2026, is the country's best year. I'm not so sure about that.... TheRickles 7 hrs ago #11

I can tell you exactly when I saw declines in America: during Trump, Bush, and Reagan IronLionZion 7 hrs ago #12

Reagan was the beginning of this end. calimary 3 hrs ago #16

It has been bad before, but nothing like this. Grim Chieftain 7 hrs ago #13

Wow gilligan 6 hrs ago #14

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