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Americans find everyday failures worth reflecting on

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A slim majority of Americans (52%) say they find it useful to think about their everyday failures, according to a Verasight survey conducted Feb. 28 to March 6, 2025. That includes 9% who strongly agree.

About a fifth (20%) are neutral, while 28% disagree, including 6% who strongly disagree.

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response scale

Topline scale

Americans find everyday failures worth reflecting on.

I find it useful to think about my everyday failures

  • Slightly Agree 25.4%
  • Neutral 19.9%
  • Agree 18.0%
  • Slightly Disagree 11.5%
  • Disagree 10.0%
  • Strongly Agree 9.0%
  • Strongly Disagree 6.2%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

personality

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
personality

Source

Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
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