American Well-Being Hits 15-Year Low in 2023
- Americans "suffering" at 4.3% rate in Q4 2023, highest since 2008 recession
- 2022 & 2023 "suffering" rates exceed those during Great Recession
- Only 50-55% of Americans were "thriving" in 2022-2023 compared to 55%+ pre-pandemic
- Democrats had higher 2023 "thriving" rate (55.7%) than Republicans (51.7%) & independents (48.4%)
- Hard to pinpoint reasons for pessimism, but worrisome for incumbents facing re-election