One in 3 Americans Want a Revolution
A new poll shows Americans don’t trust their government, their system, or their future
The American Dream is dying. Not in some faraway place, but right here at home.
A new POLITICO and Public First poll found nearly half of Americans believe the country’s best days are already behind us. And 1 in 3 think the United States needs a revolution. Most of those voices are young, between 18 and 44. They’re buried in debt, working longer hours for less, and wondering what happened to the promise they were raised on.
They’ve decided the system is broken, and no politician can fix it.
I. Nobody Trusts the Government
Let’s start here. Two out of three Americans think the government lies to them on purpose.
That includes 64 percent of Trump voters and 70 percent of Harris voters. When people who hate each other agree on something, it means the problem runs deeper than politics.
Trust used to be the glue that held the country together. Now it’s gone. And when trust dies, democracy becomes theater. Politicians perform, voters watch, and nothing changes.
The government doesn’t represent people anymore. It manages them.
II. The Death of the American Dream
46 percent of Americans say the American Dream doesn’t exist anymore.
Among young people aged 18 to 24, that number jumps to 55 percent. Why? Because they see the truth. They work hard and get nowhere. They can’t buy homes, can’t pay off loans, can’t start families. Their parents had pensions and savings. They have rent and debt.
When effort stops leading to results, the dream turns into a scam.
This isn’t about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about fairness. And fairness is gone.
III. The Future Looks Worse Than the Past
49 percent of Americans say the country’s best years are over. Only 41 percent think the best is yet to come.
Older people look back and remember when life made sense. Younger people look ahead and see nothing to hope for. There’s no shared vision anymore. No common goal.
When a country loses its future, it starts to eat itself from the inside.
IV. A Nation Divided and Alone
61 percent of Americans say most of their friends share the same political beliefs. 41 percent say they don’t have a single close friend who disagrees with them.
That’s not unity. That’s isolation.
Social media and cable news built a world where people only hear what they already believe. We don’t talk to each other anymore. We talk at each other.
When that happens long enough, people stop seeing each other as fellow citizens. They start seeing enemies.
V. The Young Want Change
52 percent of Americans say the country needs radical change. Most of them are young. They work two jobs, they’re drowning in bills, and they know the system is rigged.
35 percent of all Americans now say the country needs a revolution. That includes 39 percent of Harris voters and 32 percent of Trump voters.
That’s not a fringe movement. That’s a cry for help.
When people believe reform no longer works, they start thinking about starting over.
VI. What Revolution Means
Revolution isn’t about burning things down. It’s about waking up.
When one out of every three people says the system needs to be replaced, that’s not emotion. That’s awareness.
People see corruption. They see greed. They see the same lies repeated every election.
And when the media calls that “pessimism,” they miss the point. Americans aren’t being negative. They’re being honest. They’ve stopped pretending the system can fix itself.
This poll isn’t just public opinion. It’s a warning sign.
VII. A Country That Won’t Change Itself
Other nations face their problems head-on. America blames someone else. It’s always the immigrants, the elites, or the other party. Never the system.
That’s why nothing ever gets fixed. Every crisis repeats because those in power don’t want to change. They benefit from the chaos.
America still looks rich and strong on the outside, but inside it’s losing purpose. It’s tired.
VIII. The Young See What’s Coming
This poll isn’t about statistics. It’s about a generation waking up.
They know the American Dream was sold, not shared. They know their lives will never match their parents’. Their anger isn’t radical. It’s rational.
Once people stop believing, control starts to slip away.
1 in 3 Americans already think a revolution is necessary. The future they’re talking about isn’t coming someday. It’s already here.