Americans view mental health on par with economic stability—which we know thanks to Elmo from ‘Sesame Street’

Thanks to feedback from Elmo’s January 2024 post on X that asked how everyone was doing, Sesame Workshop and the Harris Poll launched their inaugural State of Well-Being Report. (Credit: Martin Schutt—picture alliance/Getty Images)

This presidential election year, most Americans (80%) want economic stability prioritized as a means of safeguarding the nation’s future well-being—but they also want sound mental health (77%) and high-quality education opportunities (76%), according to the findings of the inaugural State of Well-Being Report from Sesame Workshop and the Harris Poll.

We can credit these insights to a perennial preschooler, a certain cherry red Muppet with an unmistakable chirrup.