The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped.
Of the two-thirds of the country that feels the nation is headed in the wrong direction, the poll found that 63% said they would vote for Trump.
In the Bloomberg survey, a large share of the respondents voiced concerns with Biden’s age and a significant percentage said Trump was dangerous, and suggested the number of “double haters”, as pollsters call voters who approve of neither candidate, is significant.
Generally-speaking, on polls I’ve seen in the past, Trump is more-highly-regarded than Biden on economic issues among Americans.
I’ve seen inflation referenced as a factor. Relative to recent decades, the Biden administration saw relatively-high inflation, and the Trump administration slightly below the norm. Inflation is a pretty visible indicator to people – you see gasoline prices every time you refill the tank – so a lot of public opinion of how a president performs economically hinges on what inflation is doing while they’re in office.
I don’t know about any recent shifts in the last few months, but Biden polling poorly on economic issues is more-or-less what I’d expect.
I don’t know how quickly that fades. Inflation has fallen off, but prices have already risen. Probably possible to look at past polling data to see how sticky perceptions are after periods of high inflation.
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