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The overall life ratings of U.S. adults have risen to the highest point since October 2019, with 54.0% currently categorized as "thriving."

Well over half of non-White Americans report high levels of concern regarding paying for COVID-19 treatment, nearly double the rate among White Americans.

Americans' evaluations of the economy improved in November after slumping in the late summer and early fall.

The percentage of Americans who rated their lives highly enough to be considered "thriving" ticked up in November after declining the prior five months. Americans' life ratings mirror recent changes in economic confidence and standard of living ...

Dan Witters joins the podcast to discuss the state of loneliness in the U.S. Later, Lydia Saad and Jeff Jones give an update on Americans' attitudes toward the pandemic.

An estimated 53.2% of U.S. adults rate their lives well enough to be categorized as "thriving," the lowest level measured since January 2021.

Twenty percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., up slightly from 16% in October during the government shutdown. The current reading is still one of the worst in the last two years.

One thing is clear: The American public, taken as a whole, does not want a federal government shutdown. Gallup's latest update gave respondents two choices with fairly explicit language:

President Barack Obama averaged a 44.5% job approval rating during his 19th quarter in office. The more than three-percentage-point drop from the prior quarter is one of the largest declines of his presidency.

Sixty percent of Americans say the Republican and Democratic parties do such a poor job of representing the American people that a third major party is needed, the high by two percentage points in the 10-year trend on this question.