“Americans’ concerns about national issues have generally declined from a year ago. The average share worried a great deal across the 16 issues fell to 43% this year, down from 46% in March 2025. This is the lowest average concern Gallup has found since 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was starting, when the average reached a record low of 38% in the trend originating in 2001.” - Lydia Saad / Gallup, March 31, 2026

This is not to say Americans aren’t worried. In fact, Democrats are very worried about a whole bunch of stuff:

Gallup’s question: “I’m going to read a list of problems facing the country. For each one, please tell me if you personally worry about this problem a great deal, a fair amount, only a little or not at all?”

Not so much Republicans:

What’s up with Republicans? Don’t they care enough to worry much about important national issues? Maybe. It may also be that Republicans are simply optimistic that the problems listed in the survey can be fixed, or at least managed better, when Republicans are in charge. Which they are.

Another possibility is that Gallup didn’t include issues in their survey that Republicans do worry a lot about, such as who’s running the country. After all, another recent poll - by YouGov - found that a majority of Republicans perceive numerous “major problems” associated with Democrats. These were: anti-Christian bias (59%), anti-white bias (52%), bias against parents (52%), communism (57%), elitism (54%), gender ideology (62%), tolerance of political violence (60%), transgender ideology (62%), and wokeness (65%).

I imagine that the vast majority of Republicans would have endorsed “the possibility of Democrats taking back Congress and the Presidency” as a major worry if Gallup had included it in their list of problems. And if Democrats do take back Congress and the Presidency, they will likely be more worried about the other issues as well.

References:

Healthcare Reclaims Top Spot Among U.S. Domestic Worries by Lydia Saad / Gallup March 31, 2026

What Americans think are major problems among members of the Democratic and Republican parties. By Jamie Ballard / YouGov  January 20, 2026.