This statistic shows the results of a survey among Americans on whether they think that the best times for the United States are already past or yet to come. The survey was conducted in December 2012; the results are sorted by political affiliation of the respondents. 24 percent of the Republican respondents think that the best times for the United States are yet to come, and 69 percent of the polled Democrats agree.
Do you think the best times for the United States are past or yet to come?
(by political affiliation)
The source posed the question as follows: "When you think about the future of the United States - which do you agree with more - the country's best years are ahead of us or the country's best years are behind us?
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Gallup. (January 3, 2013). Do you think the best times for the United States are past or yet to come? (by political affiliation) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/249274/americans-on-the-best-times-for-the-united-states-by-party-affiliation/
Gallup. "Do you think the best times for the United States are past or yet to come? (by political affiliation)." Chart. January 3, 2013. Statista. Accessed October 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249274/americans-on-the-best-times-for-the-united-states-by-party-affiliation/
Gallup. (2013). Do you think the best times for the United States are past or yet to come? (by political affiliation). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249274/americans-on-the-best-times-for-the-united-states-by-party-affiliation/
Gallup. "Do You Think The Best times for The United States Are past or yet to Come? (by Political Affiliation)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249274/americans-on-the-best-times-for-the-united-states-by-party-affiliation/
Gallup, Do you think the best times for the United States are past or yet to come? (by political affiliation) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249274/americans-on-the-best-times-for-the-united-states-by-party-affiliation/ (last visited October 18, 2024)
Do you think the best times for the United States are past or yet to come? (by political affiliation) [Graph], Gallup, January 3, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/249274/americans-on-the-best-times-for-the-united-states-by-party-affiliation/
