With less than 90 days until the election, several recent polls have found that a majority of Americans are suffering from the state of the economy under a Biden-Harris administration.
U.S. consumers are The worst inflation Since President Jimmy Carter Food, insurance, health care, rentThey also reveal their true feelings in economic surveys, such as:
in economist/YouGov vote The survey, conducted Aug. 4-6 among 1,618 adults, found that 84% of respondents said they are the same or worse off financially than they were a year ago.
Only 5% rated the economy as “very good,” while 44% said it was “poor.”
Gallup in late July vote70% of respondents said the US economy is getting worse.
“People are generally negative about the economy,” says Geoff Jones, a senior editor at Gallup. said“We saw some improvement earlier this year, but all of those gains have now been wiped out.”
The poll, conducted among a random sample of 1,010 adults, found that the economy and inflation are among the biggest issues facing Americans.
“The majority of people are still saying inflation is causing hardship for families, and I think that’s at the root of a lot of what we’re seeing, even though a lot of the macroeconomic numbers are looking pretty good at the moment,” Jones told WTOP.
Another Harvard-Harris poll conducted in late July found that: 61 percent 50% of respondents said the economy is heading in the wrong direction 60 percent I think the economy is weak.
Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden have both promoted the same ideas and touted the same economic policies over the past three and a half years, which has been seen as a burden for Harris as she tries to distance herself from Biden’s unpopular policies and economy.
But Harris will find it hard to escape blame for inflation and the economic downturn. As vice president, she set a record for casting the most runoff votes in the Senate on Biden’s partisan bills, including the largest budget deficit bill in recent history.Any economist The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, passed with Harris’s tie-breaking vote shortly after Biden and Harris were inaugurated, is a major factor in accelerating inflation.
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