Posted on 01/10/2022 11:34:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their control of Congress.
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that management of the coronavirus pandemic, once an issue that strongly favored President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats, is beginning to recede in the minds of Americans. COVID-19 is increasingly overshadowed by concerns about the economy and personal finances — particularly inflation — which are topics that could lift Republicans.
Just 37% of Americans name the virus as one of their top five priorities for the government to work on in 2022, compared with 53% who said it was a leading priority at the same time a year ago. The economy outpaced the pandemic in the open-ended question, with 68% of respondents mentioning it in some way as a top 2022 concern. A similar percentage said the same last year, but mentions of inflation are much higher now: 14% this year, compared with less than 1% last year.
The White House says COVID-19′s waning as a preeminent concern actually underscores its success rolling out preventative measures, including vaccines. It argues that economic jitters now exacerbated by the pandemic eventually will ease.
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who wants to bet the closer we get to the midterms the more desperate the liberals will become and that SUDDENLY! they will start saying what WE HAVE ALL ALONG! (it’s time to move on with life, we are going to have to live with this life the seasonal flu, the mandates have got to stop, etc)?
It was only $4.40 per gallon of gas yesterday. The usual food staples are up over 50%. The beer I like is over $11 a six pack. Parts and materials for my shop that use to come in at 3 days are now 3 weeks out. Best economy EVER!!!
Was January 6 a major issue in the survey? We have been told it was one of the darkest days in our history.
The Republicans were never that much worried about Covid. while Democrats must support in lockstep the genius in charge who promised we would be free by now. Since he cannot be wrong, we are free of virus, 100%, by default!
Do not worry, we have real politicians in charge now!
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