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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helenS · 36-40, F

In my opinion, there are elements in the American [u]voting[/u] system which lead almost inevitably to the formation of a two-party system, and that will lead to an "us and them" thinking. There's not much propensity for political diversity, and I think that's a bad thing.