TOM TOMORROW: When We Were Great

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7. Unfortunately, the link to that data seems to be restricted....

When Was America Greatest?
Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz APRIL 26, 2016


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In the Morning Consult survey, 44 percent of people over all said America’s greatest years ( my note - see the following link for the data - https://morningconsultintelligence.com/media/mc/160407_crosstabs_NYT_v4_KD.pdf ) were ahead of it, while 36 percent said those years had already passed. But in an election when America’s past greatness has played such a starring role, we wanted to see more details about just how voters saw the past and the future.

So, when was the greatest year?

Over all, 2000 was the most popular choice, a preference that cut across political party, candidate preference, gender and age. The year’s popularity may partly reflect people’s fondness for round numbers. But many voters explained their choice by referring to a greater sense of security. The Sept. 11 attacks occurred the following year. (An election year also has something for all partisans to grab onto. Bill Clinton was president that year, but George W. Bush won the election to replace him.)

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/upshot/when-was-america-greatest.html?_r=0

That is not cool.