Surveyed Republicans seem to think the economy is doing well. Democrats disagree.
That’s according to a new poll released Wednesday. Even with unemployment at a 50-year low and the stock market continuing its historic 10-year bull run, many people told the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., they aren’t seeing any benefits. Pew conducted an online poll in September with a nationally representative sample of 6,878 people.
American taxpayers had an eventful first year under the Trump administration’s tax reforms; some people swung from refunds to bills while others saw their refunds climb. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidates like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders say their proposals to tax the super-rich would underwrite large-scale social programs.
Cracks in the party lines on the economy? Like the Pew results, others have shown mixed views on the economy, typically falling along political lines: Approximately 43% of lower-income Republicans say economic conditions are “fair or poor” and 57% say conditions are “good or excellent.” On average, 25% of all Republicans said conditions are “fair or poor,” and 75% said the economy is “thriving.”
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