The Supreme Court’s unpopular decision to repeal Roe v. Wade in June, combined with a string of legislative victories for President Biden and a steady decline in the price of gas, left Democrats hopeful going into the fall that they could have a better-than-expected November.
But the new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans are increasingly fed up with inflation, and give Biden and his party low marks for how they’ve handled it, Yahoo News National Correspondent Andrew Romano reports:
“In mid-August, 51% of Americans said U.S. inflation was getting worse; today, that number is 60%. Among independents, 69% now say inflation is getting worse — a pronounced 15-point jump over the last month and a half.
“If that trend continues, it will not help the president’s party. A full 92% of Americans say inflation is a ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ important issue ‘when thinking about this year’s election,’ and the number who say it’s very important (73%) is up 4 points since early September. In comparison, just 51% of Americans say abortion is very important.
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