By John McLaughlin and Jim McLaughlin
Friday, 27 January 2023 01:05 PM EST
Last year’s election is well behind us, but voters are still in a bad mood.
It appears that all the 2022 election results did was kick the can of the reckoning for this foul mood down the road — into November 2024.
Usually after an election there is a sense of new hope and optimism.
Public opinion often rises after the electorate’s decision.
Over some appreciable time, disappointment may follow; just as it did from 2020 into 2021. However, this year, post-election there is no hope.
There is no optimism — only a very, very bad mood.
Our most recent national poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted between Jan. 19 to 24 of this year.
Two thirds, 63%, of all voters still say that the United States remains on the wrong track.
Only 30% say it’s headed in the right direction.
Much as they were all last year.
The majority of voters, 52%, say our economy is in recession.
However, only 30% say the economy is getting better, while 63% say the economy will get worse. Again, much as they were last year.
Only 44% of Democrats say the economy will get better and 47% say worse, while 63% of Independents and 79% of Republicans say the economy will get worse.
On the leading economic issue of inflation 79% of all voters say they have been personally negatively impacted.
Among them 40% say that they have been so severely negative impacted they are “struggling to keep up and afford basic necessities.”
No significant change since we started asking the question back in June. Things are bad.
We had an election.
Things are still bad.
Very unusual.
We’re not even kidding ourselves.
Ironically Republicans remain ahead of the Democrats in the generic ballot for Congress 47% to 42%, but, as we saw on Nov. 8, 2022, the distribution of a majority of the votes led to only a four seat Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Republicans win their party votes 94% to 3%, but win only 38% of independents to 35% for the Democrats. Democrats vote for their candidates 87% to 8%.
Expanding the House majority will mean winning more votes among independents, and registering and turning out more Republicans.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLE PLEASE VISIT NEWSMAX: https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/electorate-speech-votes/2023/01/27/id/1106204/
