It's going to be tough for Biden and the Dems to spin this number.
A new Gallup poll shows that more people are categorized as "suffering" than ever before.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives poorly enough to be considered "suffering" on Gallup's Life Evaluation Index was 5.6% in July, the highest since the index's inception in 2008. This exceeds the previous high of 4.8% measured in April and is statistically higher than all prior estimates in the COVID-19 era. Across extensive measurement since January 2008, the suffering percentage has reached 4.5% or higher on a handful of occasions.
The most recent results, obtained July 26 to Aug. 2, 2022, are based on web surveys of 3,649 U.S. adults as a part of the Gallup Panel, a probability-based, non-opt-in panel of about 115,000 adults across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Most people would NEVER admit that they are suffering, but the Biden economy and the general state of America has forced more Americans than ever to identify as "suffering."
Or, as Biden puts it, the best economic recovery in history.
Not only is suffering increasing, but thriving is decreasing.
For its Life Evaluation Index, Gallup classifies Americans as "thriving," "struggling" or "suffering," according to how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale with steps numbered from 0 to 10, based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. Those who rate both their current and future lives a 4 or lower are classified as suffering. Those who rate their current life a 7 or higher and their anticipated life in five years an 8 or higher are classified as thriving.
The percentage of U.S. adults estimated to be thriving has steadily declined since it reached a record high of 59.2% in June 2021. The latest estimate of 51.2% is an 18-month low. The lowest recorded thriving rate of 46.4% was measured twice -- first, in November 2008 amid the Great Recession, and second, in late April 2020, during the initial economic shutdown associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S.
There was a little bit of post-Trump hope.
But the reality of the Biden administration has set in for most Americans and we are all seeing more misery and discomfort than we've seen in a long time.
Suffering rates have notably climbed in recent months for Democrats, Republicans and independents alike. Since June 2021 -- the highest point for the Life Evaluation Index among all Americans -- the proportion who are suffering has doubled among Republicans, to 5.4%. Among Democrats, it has also jumped to 5.4% -- nearly double the 2.9% from a year ago. And independents were near 5% suffering before a significant increase to 7.3% in April 2022, which eased only slightly to 6.2% in July.
Republicans and Democrats have the exact equal number when it comes to suffering at 5.4%.
So it isn't partisans claiming that Biden is causing suffering. It's spread evenly.
But don't worry, inflation is now at "zero" (LOL), we're not in a recession, and we no longer have the bad orange man in power!
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