How bad are things for Democrats as the nation hurtles toward the November mid-terms? I guess it depends on who you ask. If you are taking your cues from the White House, you might believe things are going just great.
But when you actually talk to people outside the beltway, you get a completely different story. That’s the subject of a new report from Politico which shared the results of two different focus groups, both constituted of core Biden voters. Their demographic breakdowns are as follows: “Black Base, Always vote for Dems, Ages 25+” and “Youth Base; Always vote for Dems, Ages 25 – 39.”
These are people who are supposed to be the most loyal and forgiving of Democrat woes, and by polling data, they are. Yet, even they are not buying the “everything is roses” propaganda campaign coming from the White House and some in the media.
Despite the groups being made up of highly liberal voters, their concerns mirror most of the rest of the country. Inflation is eating away at their bottom line, causing anxiety and exhaustion with what is starting to feel like a never-ending cycle of price hikes. Food shortages and other supply chain woes are also hitting home.
In the midst of that, the Democrat Party has decided to tout the American Rescue Plan, a boondoggle spending bill that helped create the current inflation crisis and the recently signed infrastructure plan. Yet, that doesn’t seem to be resonating.