Anger and the Economy
We recently included several winning Top Question Tuesday selections on an interactive poll. Stay tuned to this blog as we’ll be releasing the results over the next several weeks! And don’t forget to submit your own nominations for Top Question Tuesday using the box on the right of this blog.
One question asked people how strongly they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: “I am angry at the U.S. government over the current state of the economy.” Overall, 49% strongly agreed, 27% somewhat agreed, 16% somewhat disagreed, and 6% strongly disagreed with this statement.
Groups that were more likely to strongly agree were those over 65 (58%), those living in rural areas (59%), conservatives (71%) and very conservatives (82%). Groups that were more likely to somewhat or strongly disagree were those 18-29 (33% somewhat or strongly disagreed, compared to 22% of the overall population), those with a college degree (31%), liberals (43%), and progressives (40%).
Are you surprised by these results? Do you believe anger at the US government over the state of the economy is likely to increase or decrease in the coming year?
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Not surprised. Being well over 65, I had parents who lived through the Depression and I lived through the best times the working people have seen since writing was invented. Most young Americans have never seen a day of hard times and missed the 20 years of good times. They don’t have a clue about the real world.
I am not in the least surprised.