As for age, millennials reported more stress than their parents or grandparents. No surprise there—they strongly preferred the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Education matters, too, and maybe not the way you would imagine: 53% of those with more than a high school education report the election outcome as a very or somewhat significant source of stress, compared with 38% of those with just high school or less. While this correlates with voter preferences again, it's also somewhat surprising, since higher education levels generally translate into more job opportunities.
The report also notes the rise of personal safety as a concern among its respondents, 34% of whom are worried about it, the highest level since 2008, when it was 31%. In 2014, stress over personal safety had dipped to its lowest level, 23%. More than half the country is worried about terrorism: 59%, up from the August poll's finding of 51% and significantly higher than the 10-year average of 34%. And nearly half the respondents reported stress related to police violence against minorities—44%, up from August's 36%—with the breakdown along racial lines.
These worries aren't necessarily tied to what's actually unfolding on the ground. Violent crime, for example, was up in 2015 from 2014 but down from 2011, when fewer people were worried about it.
Stress, however, is not always about reality.
"Whether we're actually in more danger or we just believe we could be doesn't matter," Wright said. "Perception drives behavior."
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Urban dwellers are doing significantly worse than their suburban and rural counterparts. That makes sense, Wright noted, given the strong support President Trump enjoyed as a candidate outside big cities.