60% feel hopeful/optimistic about future of country

[kindy64]

Gee, 60%, and improving, doesn't sound that bad at all...

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-...=hootsuite

But at the same time, there are signs of optimism — not for Trump's political fortunes but for the country. If the Journal numbers are correct, more Americans say they are hopeful and optimistic about the future than have said so in several years. And, at least specifically where the economy is concerned, many attribute their optimism to the presence of Trump in the Oval Office.

The Journal-NBC pollsters asked 1,000 adults, "When you think about the future of the country, would you say that you are mainly hopeful and optimistic or mainly worried and pessimistic?" Sixty percent said they feel hopeful and optimistic, while 40 percent said they feel worried and pessimistic. That hopeful number is higher than when the Journal last asked the question in December 2016 (when it was 56 percent), and in August 2016 (54 percent), and September 2005 (53 percent).

[Emiliano]

I was talking to a taxi driver from Ghana last night and we were saying at the very least, Americans are paying more attention to our government than before and not taking it for granted as much or just assuming that because we are Americans we are immune to the struggles of other countries.
So that's something to be optimistic about for sure, a more aware public.