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title: Would you say you are more of an optimist or more of a pessimist?
description: Would you say you are more of an optimist or more of a pessimist?  The British answer YouGov
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# [Would you say you are more of an optimist or more of a pessimist?](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/yougovuk)

 Written by [Victor Perton](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/author/victor-perton) | Nov 22, 2024 8:40:41 PM

Would you say you are more of an [optimist](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=optimist&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7265823029908119552) or more of a pessimist?

[YouGov](https://www.linkedin.com/company/yougov/) asked that question of 5994 British people.

The split is 52:33 for more of an optimist vs. more of a pessimist.

As the science would have predicted, older people are more optimistic.

It gets more optimistic south of Scotland 🤔

 

 

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