A newly released poll shows that a whopping 65 percent of voters believe the economy is doing poorly under the Biden/Harris administration.
The CBS News/YouGov poll found that 82 percent of respondents believe Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies are “entirely” or “mostly” the same as President Joe Biden’s.
Respondents were asked, “How would you rate the condition of the national economy today?” Nine percent said "very good," 26 percent said "fairly good," 30 percent said "fairly bad," 33 percent said "very bad," and two percent were "not sure."
Nearly half, 45 percent, said their “personal finances” would be better off if former President Donald Trump defeats Harris in the November presidential election. This is how Trump wins. If you vote for him, you’ll have more money in your pocket. If Harris wins, you’re going to be poorer. Period! pic.twitter.com/aHNxtuO0Wf
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) August 4, 2024
"The polling indicates Americans are skeptical of the Biden-Harris administration’s economic policies," Breitbart News reports. "Under its leadership, prices rose about 20 percent across the board on average. Popeyes, Taco Bell, and Chipotle, for example, raised prices by at least 75 percent, according to the Food Institute." The most recent CBS poll had:
Trump at 45% 'would make them financially better off'
Harris at 44% 'would make them financially worse off'
After today, more Americans are going to wake up to this reality: Without Trump, we will lose our great American economy. pic.twitter.com/UXV2T8og24
— Edgar A Barrios (@Edgar_A_Barrios) August 5, 2024
On Monday, the stock market plummeted to shocking levels.
USA Today reports, "The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were each down 3% on the day, and the Dow lost 2.6%. The Nasdaq's losses alone wiped out nearly $1 trillion of value in a single day of trading. Those losses are on top of a global meltdown in equities that began last week and intensified Monday."
"The markets are not a direct gauge of the nation's economic health, but stock prices are a symptom and can affect political candidates' popularity with voters," the report noted. "A plummeting market, and other signs that we may be heading into a recession, could bode poorly for the incumbent candidate, who is now Harris."
The poll was conducted from July 30 through August 2 among 3,102 voters, with a 2.1 margin of error.
