Record-High Worry in U.S. About Hunger, Race Relations

One year after the coronavirus pandemic upended Americans’ lives and caused an economic crisis, worry about hunger and homelessness in the country eclipses concerns about 13 other national issues for the first time. The 55% of U.S. adults who say they personally worry “a great deal” about these consequences of poverty marks an eight-percentage-point increase since last year and the highest point in 20 years of measurement. …

Majorities of Republicans express a great deal of worry about illegal immigration, the federal budget deficit, the economy, and crime and violence. At the same time, majorities of Democrats say they are similarly worried about the quality of the environment, race relations, healthcare, hunger and homelessness, and the distribution of wealth. CONTINUED

Megan Brenan, Gallup


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