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Every year’s end, Americans express their feelings, hopes, and aspirations for the new year. Unlike last year, most Americans are more optimistic than discouraged about 2025, a new CBS/YouGov poll has found.

“Heading into 2025, Americans are more hopeful than discouraged — and more outright hopeful than they were heading into 2024. Last year was more mixed,” the poll stated.

This year, more than half (57%) of the CBS/YouGov poll respondents were “hopeful,” compared to 47% the year before. However, nearly a quarter (23%) felt discouraged, while a fifth (20%) felt hopeful and discouraged at the same time. 

Much of the optimism arises from the recent events that shifted the political landscape by transferring power from the Democrats to the Republicans.

The election of Donald Trump has especially more impact on most Americans who expressed optimism.

Across party lines, 85% of Republicans, 49% of the Independents, and 38% of Democrats said they were hopeful of the coming year.

“Among those who say they’re generally hopeful about 2025, their top reason is that Donald Trump will be president.”

Trump’s re-election ranks higher among those optimistic about 2025, more than their personal relationships or finances.

“His upcoming presidency ranks even higher among things making them feel hopeful about 2025 than their outlook for their own personal relationships and finances.”

Sixty percent of those hopeful about 2025 attributed their optimism to “Trump becoming president,” while 85% felt “discouraged” for the same reason. Another attributed their optimism to 55% family/personal relationships, while the U.S. economy and personal finances/opportunities tied at 51%.

Besides Democrats feeling discouraged due to Trump’s victory (85%), other reasons for discouragement included U.S. politics (74%), the state of the world (71%), and the U.S. economy (58%). 

The incoming president has promised to clean Washington of the corrupt bureaucracy that dictates policy, restore world peace by ending conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, and fix the U.S. economy. 

Subsequently, those believing in Trump’s promises and capabilities, as demonstrated in his first term in office, are bound to be more optimistic. 

Unsurprisingly, even tech leaders who were Trump’s sworn enemies during his first term in office are slowly warming up to the incoming president.

“In the first term, everyone was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend,” Trump said.

Jeff Bezos’ Amazon will donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and stream the event live on Prime, which will cost another $1 million.  Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI’s Sam Altman will also donate $1 million each for the event. Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai also plan to meet the incoming president.

Markets also reacted positively after Trump won while cryptocurrency, especially Bitcoin, reached record levels. 

While Trump has yet to deliver his promises, optimism, especially among business leaders, “significantly boosts innovation and economic performance.”

Meanwhile, as Trump becomes more popular, Biden’s approval rates took a nosedive – which is surprising, because who knew they had any room to fall even lower?