They were asked if the economy was in recovery and 33% said it was.
The question isnt about how Biden is handling it, or even how the economy is doing.
They just asked people if they thought it was recovering.
The thing is, telling the average American the economy is doing great doesn’t work. Because for the average American shit sucks. “The economy” is all about billionaires doubling their billions.
The majority of Americans have so little money and assets, were just not a significant portion of “the economy”.
And with a common criticism being neither candidate cares about average Americans, this just gives them evidence.
They both have been separated from regular people for so long, they legitimately don’t understand what it’s like for a random voter.
I agree with you, and I don’t usually pay any attention to individual poll results. But this sentiment writ large may have an impact on the general election since voters typically link the performance of the economy to the current president (fairly or unfairly).
Interesting graph on this article showing correlation between consumer confidence and positive approval in the president:
To clarify:
They were asked if the economy was in recovery and 33% said it was.
The question isnt about how Biden is handling it, or even how the economy is doing.
They just asked people if they thought it was recovering.
The thing is, telling the average American the economy is doing great doesn’t work. Because for the average American shit sucks. “The economy” is all about billionaires doubling their billions.
The majority of Americans have so little money and assets, were just not a significant portion of “the economy”.
And with a common criticism being neither candidate cares about average Americans, this just gives them evidence.
They both have been separated from regular people for so long, they legitimately don’t understand what it’s like for a random voter.
I agree with you, and I don’t usually pay any attention to individual poll results. But this sentiment writ large may have an impact on the general election since voters typically link the performance of the economy to the current president (fairly or unfairly).
Interesting graph on this article showing correlation between consumer confidence and positive approval in the president:
https://theconversation.com/bidens-not-yet-getting-a-poll-bump-for-the-improving-economy-history-tells-us-why-220515
Think of those stupid “i did that” stickers, but in reverse.