A referendum on Trump
by digby
That's what this is all about:
The November Gallup poll asked the open-ended question: what's the most important problem facing the country? Here's what came back:
•The government/poor leadership: 33%
•Economic issues: 13% (this is an amalgam of issues mentioned: jobs, overall economy, budget deficits, inequality, wages, taxes)
*Immigration: 11%
•Health care: 6%
•Race relations/racism: 5%
•Unifying the country: 5%
•Poverty/hunger/homelessness: 4%
This was the lowest number of mentions for the economy in this century and the lowest since 2007, when it was 16%. In 2009, it was 86%.
Second term presidential elections are always a referendum on the president. I think that goes doubly in this one.
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