“COVID” and “Trump” were the top two words people said they’d like to hear less in 2022. The top word people said they’d like to do more of: Travel…

More than half of the people in our survey — 54% — said they’re more fearful than hopeful about what’s in store for the world in 2022, while 44% said they’re more hopeful.

That’s a sharp turnaround from last year’s survey, when 63% said they were more hopeful about the world in 2021 and 36% said they were more fearful.

While Republicans were more pessimistic than Democrats and independents both years, all three groups turned more negative in this year’s survey, with 69% of Republicans, 45% of Democrats and 47% of independents saying they were more fearful than hopeful.