Zxereus
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However 40% say they ARE better off, which is mind boggling to me !
I haven't spoken to a single person who says they are BETTER off.
Everyone says they are either at about the same level, or not doing as good.
Hard to believe that 40% could honestly say they are better off.
I haven't spoken to a single person who says they are BETTER off.
Everyone says they are either at about the same level, or not doing as good.
Hard to believe that 40% could honestly say they are better off.
PRINCETON, NJ -- A majority of voters in key 2012 election swing states say they are not better off than they were four years ago; 40% say they are better off. Swing-state voters' assessments of their situation compared with 2008 have varied little since last fall.
The results are based on the latest USA Today/Gallup Swing States poll, conducted Aug. 6-13 with a sample of 970 registered voters in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The results are similar for all U.S. registered voters, among whom 42% say they are better off and 55% say they are not.
Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan famously asked Americans, in a 1980 presidential debate, if they were better off than four years ago. Shortly thereafter, he decisively defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in the presidential election.
Swing-State Voters Say They Are No Better Off Than in 2008