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As the election nears, voters continue to be more fearful than hopeful about the state of the country. Nearly two-thirds of registered voters (65%) say they feel fearful about the state of the U.S., while fewer than half (45%) say they are hopeful. These views have changed little since June<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nearly<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Voters who support or lean toward Joe Biden are especially likely to say they feel fearful thinking about the state of the country. Nearly eight-in-ten Biden supporters (79%) say this, compared with about half of Donald Trump supporters (47%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Trump supporters are about twice as likely as Biden supporters to say they feel hopeful about the state of the country (64% vs. 31%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public\u2019s views of economy turn more positive, with most of the increase among Republicans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among the public overall, views of the economy have become somewhat more positive since the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. A third of Americans now say that national economic conditions are excellent or good, up from 25% in June and 23% in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Republicans\u2019<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most of the increase in positive economic views has come among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. The share of Republicans who say the economy is excellent or good has increased 11 percentage points since June and 20 points since April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats\u2019 views are little changed over this period. Currently, 13% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say economic conditions are excellent or good, up slightly from 9% in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans also are more bullish about the economy\u2019s future. Among all adults, 52% say that economic conditions will be better in a year, 17% say they will be worse and 30% expect conditions to be about the same as they are now. Among Republicans, nearly two-thirds (65%) expect conditions to be better in a year, compared with about four-in-ten Democrats (42%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORRECTION (October 9, 2020): In the chart \u201cNearly two-thirds of voters say they are \u2018fearful\u2019 about the state of the country” the percent of \u201cTrump\/Lean Trump\u201d supporters who are fearful has been updated to 47%. The percent of Biden\/Lean Biden supporters who are hopeful has been updated to 31%. The text was also updated to reflect this. These changes did not affect the report\u2019s substantive findings.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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