On one level, the story of President Biden’s first year is a simple one: Americans feel worse about the pandemic and economy than they did earlier in his term, and his ratings have suffered for it. On another level, it’s a little more nuanced: they do not exclusively blame his […] Read more »
Biden’s economic message needs a reality check
… Per our Jan. 2-4 Winning the Issues survey, our first of the year, what we’re seeing isn’t a “failure to communicate” on the part of Biden, his administration and congressional Democrats, but a failure to connect with the reality most Americans are facing and the priorities people want addressed. […] Read more »
U.S. Economic Optimism Tumbles As Investors Turn Gloomy: IBD/TIPP
Optimism about the near-term outlook for the U.S. economy dived to an 18-month low as omicron case-levels exploded and inflation continued to hit generational highs, the new IBD/TIPP Poll finds. The major shift came among investors, who are suddenly feeling more bearish about the U.S. economic outlook than they’ve been […] Read more »
Slowing immigration worsens job market shortages
One of the biggest stories in America at the start of 2022 is what has been called the great resignation: people of all ages and occupations walking away from their jobs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to worker shortages. The forces behind those shortages are complex, from […] Read more »
The nation’s mental health crisis crosses partisan lines
In most Suffolk University/USA TODAY polls, public opinion on a variety of questions we ask splits along partisan lines. Democrats are yin and Republicans are yang. … In this week’s national poll of registered voters, 80% of Republicans, 91% of Democrats, and 93% of Independents said that there is a […] Read more »
Washington State: Economy is top legislative concern for 2022
For the first time in eight years, the economy tops the list of issues Washington voters want the Legislature to address in 2022, eclipsing homelessness and COVID-19 as the leading concerns statewide, according to a new Crosscut/Elway Poll. The new poll, released Thursday, asked 400 registered voters an open-ended question […] Read more »