Is America exceptionally good or exceptionally bad?
It depends whether you ask a Biden voter or a Trump one
WHEN IT COMES to boosterism, Americans are often second to none. Yet new polling from YouGov/The Economist suggests that among Democratic voters, pessimism about their own country is exceptionally rife.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The worst or the best?”
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