A Majority Believes This Is The Lowest Point In U.S. History

The 2017 Stress in America survey was conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the APA. It was conducted online between Aug. 2 and Aug. 31, and had 3,440 participants, all ages 18 and up living in the U.S.

From the APA report:

The 2016 presidential election season proved to be a somewhat or very signi cant source of stress for more than half of Americans (52 percent), as suggested by last year’s survey results. In the August 2017 survey, while money (62 percent) and work (61 percent) remain common stressors for Americans, slightly more Americans report signi cant stress about the future of our nation (63 percent). A significant majority of adults from both political parties say they feel stress about the future of our nation, though the number is significantly higher for Democrats (73 percent) than for Republicans (56 percent) and Independents (59 percent). And nearly six in 10 adults (59 percent) report that the current social divisiveness causes them stress when thinking about the nation.

In 2017, many Americans say they are stressed about at least one issue facing our nation, and a majority of adults (59 percent) said they consider this the lowest point in our nation’s history that they can remember — a feeling that spans generations, including individuals who have lived through World War II and Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the September 11 terrorist attacks, and high-pro le mass shootings.