By The percentage of “thriving” Americans is at a 5-year low, according to a new Gallup poll.
The poll found 48.9 percent of respondents said that they are “thriving,” staying at a 5-year low previously recorded in November 2024 and September 2023.
Since December 2020, there has not been a percentage of respondents lower than 48.2 percent that have said they are “thriving.”
The Gallup poll took place from Feb. 18 to 26, around a month into President Trump’s return to the White House.
There’s a definite shift in how people in the two political parties are feeling.
Between August and February, the percentage of Republicans who said they are “thriving” went up from 50.7 percent to 55.5 percent, while the percentage of Democrats who said they are “thriving” dropped from 57.1 percent to 46.1 percent.
In the wake of their defeats in races for the White House, Senate and House, Democrats have struggled to come together over issues like transgender rights and how much to push back against Trump.
Last month, tensions among Democrats flared after a group of senators within the party voted to advance a Republican-crafted continuing resolution. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez notably (D-N.Y.) went after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for saying he would vote to advance the continuing resolution.
“There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters in March, referring to Schumer’s decision. “And this is not just about progressive Democrats. This is across the board — the entire party.”
The Gallup poll featured 5,876 people and when percentages were close to 50 percent, plus or minus 1.6 percentage points as its margin of error.