Most Americans say they’re doing OK, but the economy is terrible. So they’re either wrong about their own lives, or misinformed about the overall economy. Which do you think is more likely? www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/o...
In before someone shows up to say “they called cell phones too”. That’s worse actually. I haven’t talked on the phone to anyone in months, probably, let alone answer an unknown number. The people answering these calls think Consumer Cellular is trying to get ahold of them.
It's more about the people taking it than the methodology. Yougov is online and look at how Republicans feel about the economy. A Democrat is President they feel they have to claim things are terrible and as soon as a Republican is President everything is amazing.
today.yougov.com/topics/econo...
Hyper-partisanship is disease, and it's been a huge part of the whole Fox Newsifaction of things for 20 years when they worked relentlessly to demonize Democrats and make 'Liberal' a perjorative.
Pollsters just have to get more clever in how they phrase things - basically need to trick people into answering truthfully instead of leading them with stuff they know will make it onto the news.
Republicans and their financial situation have been getting better since mid 2022.
