China News Service, January 4th. According to "Russia Today" (RT) report, the Gallup poll released on the 3rd showed that the American people are generally pessimistic about the development situation of the country in 2023.
The vast majority expect the United States to face economic hardship, political fragmentation, and a decline in global power.
Poll data show that 80% of respondents predict that the U.S. economy will be depressed in 2023.
Seventy-nine percent of respondents expect "economic distress" this year, and 65 percent expect prices to continue to climb.
Some 72 percent of respondents said crime in the U.S. will rise this year.
On November 19, 2022 local time, a shooting occurred in a nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The incident resulted in the tragic death of 5 people, and many of the other 18 injured were in critical condition.
The picture shows people mourning the victims.
Ninety percent of the respondents believe that the United States will face intensified political conflicts this year, saying: "There will be more political conflicts than political cooperation." Only 14 percent of respondents believe that the future "will be a more peaceful one." 2019", while 85% of the people expected that the future "will be a year full of international disputes and more turbulent".
In addition, the interviewees also believe that the United States' global power is weakening due to the impact of the situation in Russia and Ukraine.
64% of respondents said that 2023 will be "the year of American power decline".
According to the report, these trends are already emerging in 2022.
Last year, U.S. inflation rose to a 40-year high and Biden signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that drew sharp criticism from Republicans.
Although the crime rate across the country has not risen, since the outbreak of the "Black Lives Matter" protests in 2020, violent crimes in some cities in the United States have risen sharply.
The U.S. foreign policy establishment is reportedly focusing on Ukraine this year.
Since the Ukraine crisis, the United States has continued to increase military aid to Ukraine, providing over $100 billion in economic and military assistance to Ukraine.
With Democrats controlling the White House and one of both houses of Congress, Democrats are much more optimistic than Republicans in their forecasts for the year ahead, according to the survey.
More than 33% of Democrats think the economy will be better in the new year, while only 4% of Republicans agree with this view.
Forty-seven percent of Democrats expect crime to drop, compared with just 6 percent of Republicans.