Dems Preach Doom and Gloom in Trump Era, but Poll Shows Record-Shattering Optimism
Polls Absolutely Skewer Dem Narrative
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By Carmine Sabia
Published February 6, 2020 at 9:39am
Every time you hear Democrats speak, it is all gloom and doom about the direction in which the country is headed — but the facts make them look ridiculous.
A Gallup poll released Wednesday showed that Americans have “record high optimism” when it comes to their personal finances.
The stock market has been booming, unemployment is tumbling toward insignificance and the future looks bright.
“Nearly six in 10 Americans (59%) now say they are better off financially than they were a year ago, up from 50% last year,” Gallup reported.
“These data come from Gallup’s annual Mood of the Nation survey, conducted Jan. 2-15. The survey was completed after months of historically low levels of unemployment and as the Dow Jones Industrial Average neared the 30,000 mark for the first time,” it said.
The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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The 59 percent who say they are doing better now than they were last year is in a virtual tie with the record set in 1999 when 58 percent of people felt that way.
From 2001 to 2018, the number of people who believed they were in a better financial position than they were the previous year, in most surveys, was below the 50 percent threshold.
The lowest in that timeframe came during the presidency of Barack Obama in 2009, when only 23 percent felt that way.
But hey, don’t worry. If a booming economy, extra cash in your pocket and people working are not your thing, the Democrats have plenty of options to choose from running for president in 2020.
“In addition to U.S. adults’ highly positive report on their current financial situation, Americans are also expressing peak optimism about their future personal financial situation,” Gallup said.
“About three in four U.S. adults (74%) predict they will be better off financially a year from now, the highest in Gallup’s trend since 1977,” it said.