{"id":9248,"date":"2020-11-20T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/most-voters-are-fearful-and-angry-about-the-state-of-the-u-s-but-a-majority-now-are-hopeful-too\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:07:25","slug":"most-voters-are-fearful-and-angry-about-the-state-of-the-u-s-but-a-majority-now-are-hopeful-too","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/11\/20\/most-voters-are-fearful-and-angry-about-the-state-of-the-u-s-but-a-majority-now-are-hopeful-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Most voters are \u2018fearful\u2019 and \u2018angry\u2019 about the state of the U.S., but a majority now are \u2018hopeful,\u2019 too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the United States struggles with a surge in COVID-19<\/a> cases and ongoing disputes about the Nov. 3 election, majorities of voters continue to say they feel \u201cfearful\u201d and \u201cangry\u201d about the state of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the share who say they feel angry has declined since June, while more voters now say they feel \u201chopeful\u201d than did so then, according to a new national survey<\/a> by Pew Research Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, 65% of voters say they are fearful about the state of the country, little changed since June. A smaller majority (57%) say they feel angry, down from 73% five months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, a 56% majority of voters now say they feel hopeful about the state of the U.S., up from 47% in June. And while only about a quarter of voters (24%) say they feel \u201cproud\u201d about the country, that is 8 percentage points higher than five months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>