John and Jim McLaughlin | Saturday, 28 March 2020 06:01 AM
The results of our just completed national survey of 1,000 likely voters (+/-3.1% at 95% C.I. taken March 23rd to 26th), compared to last month's survey, shows the dramatic impact of the coronavirus national emergency upon American voters. Based on our historic polling experience, this movement of national voter opinion is an equivalent to the effects of 9-11 and the 2008 economic crisis combined.
—Most dramatically, last month only 19% said that our economy was in recession. Now almost half of all voters, 44%, say that the economy is in recession. Last month 51% of all voters said that the economy was getting better and only 37% said that it was getting worse. Now 64% of all voters say the economy is getting worse and only 28% say it will get better.
—For a lot of voters an economic shutdown is an immediate and dire personal financial crisis. Almost one in four voters, 22%, cannot afford to be out of work for less than a month. Among all voters one third, 35%, say that they cannot afford to be out of work for a month or less. The number of voters who cannot be out of work for even a month is 42% among Democrats, 35% among independents and 29% among Republicans. This rises to 49% among Hispanics, 45% among African Americans, and it increases to 56% among voters who are under 30 years old. Among working age voters who are under 55 years old it's even more dire, 50%, say that can't afford to be out of work for a month, but it's only 13% among those over 55 years- because among the over 55 voter age group 62% say that they are retired.
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https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/voter-opinion-emergency-pelosi/2020/03/28/id/960332/[bottom line:The most important finding of this new national poll shows that the majority of voters support the president for his handling of the coronavirus national emergency at one of the most difficult times in American history.
