READ THE CROSSTABS: WashPost Writer Twists Poll Data to Claim Americans Happier About Biden Economy

NewsBusters ^ | 3/6/2024 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

The Washington Post economics columnist Catherine Rampell seemed to forget a rule of thumb when analyzing polls: read the crosstabs. Either that or she deliberately twisted data to make it seem like Americans are happier with President Joe Biden’s decrepit economy than they actually are.

Rampell’s blaring March 5 headline would make one believe that Americans did an about-face in their view of Bidenomics: “Americans are happier about the economy. Why are they crediting Trump?” Rampell declared, “The good news for President Biden: Americans are finally starting to appreciate the strength of the U.S. economy.” She pointed to at least four polls to make her point, but ended up butchering the interpretation of the data in order to claim that “In recent months, public perceptions of the economy seemed to be catching up to how good the economy looks on paper. Sure, views of the economy might not be rosy just yet, but they’re definitely rosier.” Her primary issue, apparently, was that Americans still preferred the Trump economy, and she wound up undercutting her own story by whining how “[t]hrough most of this period, though, Americans have been incongruously grumpy.” [Emphasis added.]

Oy vey, where to begin?

[LeonardFMason]

The PRESS is PROPOGANDA. Pass it around.

[Rlsau1]

I’m sure they love “Bidenomics” in DC. America has suffered numerous recessions since WW2, but Washington has suffered none. Is it any wonder then that Washington is sooooo disconnected from the rest of America?

[bray]

Don’t you love how multi-millionaires are telling everyone how great the economy is.

[Terry L Smith]

maruchan cup of soup noodles @$3.35 each!
10 oz bottle stir fry oil -Tsang brand- $5.50

packet of hostess donuts $1.65

12 oz package of coffee, up to $9.00!!!

oh yeah, real happy.... NOT!!

[high info voter]

I’m stunned more than ever at seeing how some people in America could actually vote for Biden. What that says about our education systems, MSM & other corrupt places pushing lies!

[.30Carbine]

It’s about abortion.

[TornadoAlley3]

She completely ignores Covid isolation as a factor in economics during Trump's last year. But Americans remember pre Covid Trump. She's a 30 something Princeton graduate. Doesn't know the cost of a gallon of milk or a dozen eggs. Her entire premise is voters are too dumb to know the truth. We must beat it into them. Biden is great. Men can be women..

[high info voter]

Ancient Israel destroyed itself with the murder of little innocent babies......and now thanks to PP and Satan’s influence in the world we’re seeing a direct copy of it.

[Restless]

These people don’t go to a grocery store apparently. Wal Mart allows you to keep track of your purchase history, so I do. Here are just a few examples of Bidenflation with the cost of the items in July 2021 compared to today:

13 oz. bag of tortilla chips: $0.94 / $2.24
16 oz. chip dip: $1.00 / $1.96
5 lb. boneless chicken breast: $9.40 / $13.35
Dozen eggs: $0.92 / $2.64
50 lbs. dog food: $19.96 / $27.78 (downsized to 46 lbs.)
Burger buns: $0.88 / $1.46
Head of lettuce: $0.98 / $1.74

[DugwayDuke]

Rlsau1 wrote: “I’m sure they love “Bidenomics” in DC. America has suffered numerous recessions since WW2, but Washington has suffered none. Is it any wonder then that Washington is sooooo disconnected from the rest of America?”

Your point is very true but it has wider application. The elites everywhere are happy with Bidenomics which has affected them. The lower classes have been heavily impacted and they’re the ones who do not like Bidenomics.
Another point, the Washington Post economics columnist Catherine Rampell has just demonstrated how out of touch she and the post are with the rest of the country.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[lepton]

These people don’t go to a grocery store apparently. Wal Mart allows you to keep track of your purchase history, so I do. Here are just a few examples of Bidenflation with the cost of the items in July 2021 compared to today:

13 oz. bag of tortilla chips: $0.94 / $2.24
16 oz. chip dip: $1.00 / $1.96
5 lb. boneless chicken breast: $9.40 / $13.35
Dozen eggs: $0.92 / $2.64
50 lbs. dog food: $19.96 / $27.78 (downsized to 46 lbs.)
Burger buns: $0.88 / $1.46
Head of lettuce: $0.98 / $1.74

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50% inflation is pretty consistent there, which several items going much higher.

[lepton]

There are likely to be even more downward adjustments.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2024/03/22/cold-day-hell-snopes-actually-fact-checks-biden-admins-15

“the previously robust January jobs numbers had been downwardly revised by more than a whopping 35 percent, from 353,000 to 229,000. If that wasn’t bad enough, the February jobs report also reduced the December 2023 jobs numbers from 333,000 to 290,000, totaling a 167,000-job overestimate for December and January combined. In addition, new data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve showed that the U.S. economy added two-thirds fewer jobs in the third quarter of 2023 than previously reported by the BLS report, according to The Daily Caller.”