The US is better off than it was in 1976. So why does it feel worse? ^24.3%

Vox - By Bryan Walsh - 6/29/2026, 10:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 56.8% - Negativity Bias 24.1% - Hasty Generalization 16.1%

America in the summer of 1976 was not in a good place. The president who presided over the country’s bicentennial, President Gerald Ford, only had the job because the previous president and vice president had resigned in disgrace, making him the sole US president who was never actually elected. The Vietnam War had ended in defeat and... more