Have Americans all become doomers?

It feels like democrats always think we're doing badly when republicans are in charge. Republicans always think we're doing badly when democrats are in charge. And independents just think things are going badly all the time no matter who is in charge.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

That's generally always been true, but the divide was something that could be cleared in a healthy jump. Now, one party is falling in line with an authoritarian platform, and that truly threatens democracy in the US. So it's not the regular game of Us & Them anymore. It's a lot more like Take the Hill.