Gallup State of the Nation Poll
Survey
Jan. 2025
Sample Size:
1,005
Demographics:
US adults
Topics:
Partisan Divide
Election
Administration
Top Findings:
- Americans’ average satisfaction across 31 different aspects of U.S. society or policy is 38%, matching the average each year during Joe Biden’s presidency, but down from 41% in January 2021 as Donald Trump was finishing his first term.
- More Americans are satisfied with the quality of medical care in the U.S. (45%) than with the availability of affordable healthcare (29%).
- Majorities of Republicans are satisfied, while majorities of Democrats are dissatisfied with seven areas: gun laws, the position of Black and other racial minority people, the position of women, the influence of organized religion, the quality of the environment, the opportunity for a person to get ahead through hard work and the acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the nation.