A Quinnipiac University poll found that overall (53%-33%), Americans believed that 2000 had been a better year for them than 2004. But the breakdown of the poll found Democrats to be highly depressed:

Q.: Do you think 2005 was better or worse than 2004 for you personally?

Republicans:
Better: 65%
Worse: 22%

Democrats:
Better: 41%
Worse: 45%

John over at Powerline notes that the question did not concern current events or political matters, but simply how respondents felt personally about their lives.

Time to cheer up Democrats. Politics isn't everything, and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid won't be your leaders forever, let alone Howard Dean.