If the nation’s economy is on the mend, the voters of 2014 aren’t feeling it.
Despite continued signs of a halting but persistent national comeback, midterm voters remain frustrated and unhappy with the state of the economy, according to the latest POLITICO poll of likely voters in 2014 battleground states. Many appear to blame President Barack Obama: 57 percent of these voters disapprove of his economic leadership.
By every measure in the survey, a gloomy mood still pervades the electorate when it comes to kitchen-table issues: Just 23 percent say their personal financial situation has improved over the past year, versus 30 percent who say it has gotten worse.
Perhaps one reason Americans are gloomy over the economy despite the persistent insistence that it is growing [please trust us,,,,it is growing!!!!!!] is that they accurately understand that such growth is IN SPITE OF ALL THE GOVERNMENTAL, REGULATORY HEADWINDS such as the EPA, Obamascare, and rising taxation.
In other words, what growth we do see is the result of the brute force tenacity of business to grow in spite of what is thrown in its way. While admirable, it is also fragile. And maybe it is that persistent fragile vulnerability that has people looking over their shoulders.