Poll: Plurality of Americans Say They Are Worse Off Financially than One Year Ago

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Poll: Plurality of Americans Say They Are Worse Off Financially than One Year Ago

Hannah Bleau 29 Dec 2021

A plurality of Americans say their financial situation has worsened over the last year in President Biden’s America, and few have hopes that it will significantly improve in the new year, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found.

The survey asked respondents if they believe they are better off or worse off economically than they were one year ago, prior to Biden taking office.

A plurality, 48 percent, said they are “worse” off, followed by 28 percent who said they are “about the same” and 20 percent who said “better.” A majority of Republicans (61 percent) and independents (51 percent) said their financial situation is worse, and just over one-third of Democrats, 35 percent, said the same.

Respondents were also asked to gauge how they see their financial situation one year for now, which will be two years into Biden’s presidency. Thirty-four percent said they believe it will be “worse,” while 33 percent said “better,” and 30 percent said “about the same.” Democrats are the most optimistic of the three groups — Republicans, Democrats, and independents —  as 44 percent believe their financial situation will improve one year from now:

    With President Joe Biden in the White House, Democrats now feel significantly better about their economic situation than do other Americans. Thirty-two percent (32%) of Democrats say they are better off economically than they were a year ago, compared to just 11% of Republicans and 17% of those unaffiliated with either major party. Majorities of both Republicans (61%) and the unaffiliated (51%) say they are worse off than a year ago, as do 35% of Democrats.

    Likewise, many more Democrats (44%) than Republicans (19%) or the unaffiliated (32%) expect that their finances will be better a year from now.  Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republicans think their finances will be worse in a year, as do 20% of Democrats and 33% of the unaffiliated.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/29/poll-plurality-of-americans-say-they-are-worse-off-financially-than-one-year-ago/

[catfish1957]

I have always called inflation the "economic cancer". Double whammy in the fact it not only eats into your income and buying power, but also reduces your effective net worth.

What we are also seeing right now, is what I see as panic buying due to the attitude out there that things are going up so fast, that people see present prices as  bargains due to percieved unavoidable inflationary pressure.

Biden and inflation are both a cancer on all of our financial well being.

[dfwgator]

Who did they vote for?

Stupid should hurt.

[catfish1957]

Who did they vote for?

Stupid should hurt.

A tipping point is reached when the majority of voting populus becomes entitlement junkies. We are there, and they are not going to vote our their free goodies.

[Wingnut]

A tipping point is reached when the majority of voting populus becomes entitlement junkies. We are there, and they are not going to vote our their free goodies.

Teach a man to fish and he will feed his family for life.  Give a man free housing, an EDPT card, a welfare check plus more Covid money and he'll vote Democrat for life.

[rustynail]

Maybe a new round of checks would help.

[dfwgator]

Teach a man to fish and he will feed his family for life.  Give a man free housing, an EDPT card, a welfare check plus more Covid money and he'll vote Democrat for life.

He who robs Peter to pay Paul,  will always get Paul's vote.