Here's the real kicker, though...

However, the firm notes that the ECI improvement has been primarily driven by increased enthusiasm among Republicans, which has climbed 30 points to -42 since before the election, tempered by an identical drop in Democrats' confidence.

So many idiots are so blindly adherent to their "team" that something changing minimally over a matter of months shows a flip flop in the perception by a significant number of people. This will be an interesting metric to watch moving forward, especially once Trump starts claiming he's built the 'greatest economy ev-UH' in the next few months. I'm betting in March...