Despite months of increasingly positive economic indicators, the American public remains negative about the state of the nation’s economy, with 51% saying they think the economy is still in a downturn and getting worse, according to a new CNN poll.
Looking at the mid term election results, current voters seem to value social policy over economic policy (it should have been a right wing blow out, but it wasn’t)
I wouldnt say bad news about the economy is due to an election cycle. The average boomer is a year past retirement now. There are going to be huge consequences over the next 10 years because of this as their children will need to take care of them, and there won’t be more kids than parents which our society is used to to fill in the labor gap as the boomers leave.
Looking at the mid term election results, current voters seem to value social policy over economic policy (it should have been a right wing blow out, but it wasn’t)
I wouldnt say bad news about the economy is due to an election cycle. The average boomer is a year past retirement now. There are going to be huge consequences over the next 10 years because of this as their children will need to take care of them, and there won’t be more kids than parents which our society is used to to fill in the labor gap as the boomers leave.