Last week, I argued here that voters’ evaluations of economic “realities” are heavily conditioned by their partisan identities. When asked about the economy, many use their response as an opportunity for partisan cheerleading rather than for “objective” reporting.
However, the polls seem to be telling us quite different things about the economy.
To take just two examples, a recent Monmouth Poll release was headlined “Few Feel Positive Impact From Growing Economy,” while Gallup claimed “Americans More Positive Over Past Two Years.”
The simple fact is that different questions yield different answers and those answers alone aren’t politically dispositive. CONT.
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill