Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Trump's job approval on prices falling to -47, and a record 39% of Americans naming prices as the single most important problem facing the country
Given everything that is going on now (war ... blatant corruption ... undermining voting rights and democracy ... federal troops sweeping urban neighborhoods ... etc. etc.) the singular and growing focus of the electorate on rising prices seems a bit surprising. (1) Is this particularly American, or do polls in other countries reflect this sort of very narrow-bore attention? and (2) is the focus on prices located in particular demographics? ... or is it broad across most American demographic categories?
(fwiw: 'home economics' issues often seem to me to be a proxy for other uncertainties. I.e.: if I'm feeling comfortable in my world, then tightening our belts for a while feels do-able ... we figure it out. If I'm generally frightened about where life is heading, then each economic surprise looms larger; it's something concrete I can pin my fears on. But maybe that's just me.)
Am I correct that this poll was conducted before the $1.776 billion slush fund was announced, along with future immunity from the IRS for Trump and his family?
If there were any rationality to US voting patterns, low-information voters would be turning against Trump and his party for exactly the same reasons that they turned against Biden and the Dems: he's too old for the job, and prices are too high. Of course, even minimal rationality is a high bar to clear in these days of "vibe" politics...
Thank you, Mr. Morris!
Another encouraging data analysis that I shall share as widely as possible.
Hope is what we need. And a voting tsunami in November. Fingers crossed!
Given everything that is going on now (war ... blatant corruption ... undermining voting rights and democracy ... federal troops sweeping urban neighborhoods ... etc. etc.) the singular and growing focus of the electorate on rising prices seems a bit surprising. (1) Is this particularly American, or do polls in other countries reflect this sort of very narrow-bore attention? and (2) is the focus on prices located in particular demographics? ... or is it broad across most American demographic categories?
(fwiw: 'home economics' issues often seem to me to be a proxy for other uncertainties. I.e.: if I'm feeling comfortable in my world, then tightening our belts for a while feels do-able ... we figure it out. If I'm generally frightened about where life is heading, then each economic surprise looms larger; it's something concrete I can pin my fears on. But maybe that's just me.)
Am I correct that this poll was conducted before the $1.776 billion slush fund was announced, along with future immunity from the IRS for Trump and his family?
Yes
If there were any rationality to US voting patterns, low-information voters would be turning against Trump and his party for exactly the same reasons that they turned against Biden and the Dems: he's too old for the job, and prices are too high. Of course, even minimal rationality is a high bar to clear in these days of "vibe" politics...
Have a post coming on this!