...Yes, high gas prices have been a problem for President Biden and Democratic candidates.
Yet it’s not the only economic problem they face — far from it.
A new CNBC poll, conducted by the same team behind the NBC News survey, finds just 16% of voters believing the economy is either “excellent” or “good,” while 49% call it “poor” (and another 34% say it’s “only fair”).
A plurality of voters — 45% — say they economy will get worse over the next year, versus 25% who say it will get better and 23% who say it will stay the same.
And then there’s this: 59% of voters expect there will be a recession over the next 12 months.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/new-poll-finds-deep-economic-pessimism-ahead-midterms-rcna53122
