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“Sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults continue to believe that transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth sex, and 66% of Americans say a person’s birth sex rather than gender identity should be listed on government documents such as passports or driver’s licenses.” - Gallup

“The percentage of U.S. adults evaluating their lives well enough to be considered ‘thriving’ on Gallup’s Life Evaluation Index stood at 48.9% in Quarter 1, 2025, matching the previous estimate from Quarter 4, 2024…. the first time since spring 2020 that the thriving rate has been under 50% for two consecutive measurement periods” - Gallup

“Nearly half (45 percent) of parents surveyed observe a negative impact of the pandemic on their school-age children. Out of that figure, roughly 22 percent say social difficulty is ongoing.

“One of the report’s most striking revelations is that being kind and expecting kindness from others—believing that your wallet would be returned if you lost it—are stronger predictors of happiness than avoiding major negative events like crime or economic hardship.” - Gallup

“Secretary of State Marco Rubio, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have favorable ratings that exceed their unfavorable ratings by seven or eight percentage points. However, at least one in four U.S. adults are not familiar enough with Rubio and Jeffries to rate them.” - Gallup

“Forty-four percent of Americans say they are ‘very satisfied’ with the way things are going in their personal life, the lowest by two percentage points in Gallup’s trend dating back to 2001. This also marks the continuation of a decline in personal satisfaction since January 2020, when the measure peaked at 65%.” - Gallup

“Public trust in pastors has dropped to a new low, according to the latest Gallup poll. The survey finds that only 30% of Americans rate clergy as highly honest and ethical, continuing a downward trend.” - CPost

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“Perceptions of how Trump’s first term will be regarded have improved considerably” - Gallup

“Political conflict, economic difficulty, global discord, growing deficit expected” - Gallup

“Meanwhile, 30% of Americans report having lost a significant amount of weight in the past two years, with 4% attributing the reduction to prescription medication.” - Gallup