More than half of Americans are "extremely worried" about the country in 2022, three times the proportion who are "extremely hopeful"

Question: "You said [short phrase] makes you most hopeful about where America is headed in the next 12 months. How hopeful does that make you?" and "You said [short phrase] worries you the most about where America is headed in the next 12 months. How worried does that make you feel?" Source: APM Research Lab analysis of McCourtney Institute's Mood of the Nation Poll, Nov. 30-Dec. 7, 2021. N=1,200 U.S. adults age 18 or older; the maximum overall margin of error is ±3.7 percentage points, and is larger for subgroups.