swing voters fear inflation

Axios’ latest Engagious/Schlesinger focus group found swing voters feel anxious about the current state of the economy.

Interesting takeaways:

• Only 3 of 13 voters said they felt the U.S. economy is ‘booming.’ The rest expressed fear of an impending crash following the injection of federal stimulus money during the pandemic.

• Nearly all the voters (11 of 13) also found believable an assertion made by many businesses: that people are not looking for jobs because they make more from claiming unemployment benefits.

• Eight of the 13 voters said they are apprehensive about inflation in their area, citing costs going up in a number of sectors, including groceries, gas, oil and real estate.

NRCC Comment: “Voters know Democrats’ socialist stimulus bill is doing far more harm than good for the American economy and they will hold House Democrats accountable in 2022.” – NRCC Spokesman Mike Berg