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Poll: Americans’ Worries About the Economy Have Risen to a Record High Since the Pandemic
Madeline Leesman | Posted: Nov 22, 2021 4:45 PM
Since President Biden assumed office, issues pertaining to the economy, specifically, inflation and the supply chain, have worsened. As Spencer covered, this year’s Thanksgiving is 14 percent more expensive, the most expensive since 1986. And, a new poll published this week found that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, where stores were closed for months, Americans’ concerns about the economy have hit a record high.
A Gallup poll published Monday found that Americans’ concerns about the economy have reached a high point during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. In the survey, respondents were asked what issue facing the U.S. is the most important. Just over one-fourth, 26 percent, answered with an economic concern, such as inflation, unemployment, or the economy in general, as the top problem.
Historically, the highest point was in February 2009, when 86 percent of respondents believed that the economy was the nation’s utmost problem. Gallup’s write-up notes that “even in relatively good economic times in the past, it was common for more than 30% of Americans to name an economic issue” when the question was asked. Today’s numbers are the record high for the coronavirus pandemic, higher than they were when businesses were shut down for months of 2020.
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