ICYMI: A recap of the weekend @marketplace show ft. our #economicanxiety poll data
-Marketplace’s Washington Bureau Chief, Andrea Seabrook, broke down the results of our most recent poll:
Q: How is it possible that the Marketplace Anxiety Index is up 6 points in the past year?
A: "We think it has a lot to do with the Presidential election. When Americans are hearing media constantly tell them that things aren’t good enough, that things could be better, or that Americans are being lied to, or their jobs are going elsewhere"
-Q:Why would the rhetoric from the campaigns be getting through to people but actual statistics about wages being up and unemployment going down – why isn’t that getting through?
A:"We asked Americans if they trust government data about the economy – a quarter of Americans distrust the economic data that is reported by the government. There is a big difference between Trump supporters and Clinton supporters on trust of government stats - almost half of Trump supporters completely distrust the economic data from the government, but only 5% of Clinton supporters distrust it"
-Q: Most Americans think the economy is rigged
Who is it rigged for?
A: Americans agree it’s rigged toward the rich, politicians and corporations. However, among Clinton supporters, 62% thing it’s rigged toward white people – only 21% of Trump supporters say that. More than half of Trump supporters think the economy is rigged to benefit minorities, while only 19% of Clinton supporters think that
-More than half of Americans are dissatisfied by the current candidates for President
We gave people a bunch of adjectives and asked which describe how they feel about the election. The three that came up the most: afraid, angry, and embarrassed.
-On a positive note, a little more than half also said the word hopeful describes how they feel about the election.
-Marketplace’s Washington Bureau Chief, Andrea Seabrook, broke down the results of our most recent poll:
Q: How is it possible that the Marketplace Anxiety Index is up 6 points in the past year?
A: "We think it has a lot to do with the Presidential election. When Americans are hearing media constantly tell them that things aren’t good enough, that things could be better, or that Americans are being lied to, or their jobs are going elsewhere"
-Q:Why would the rhetoric from the campaigns be getting through to people but actual statistics about wages being up and unemployment going down – why isn’t that getting through?
A:"We asked Americans if they trust government data about the economy – a quarter of Americans distrust the economic data that is reported by the government. There is a big difference between Trump supporters and Clinton supporters on trust of government stats - almost half of Trump supporters completely distrust the economic data from the government, but only 5% of Clinton supporters distrust it"
-Q: Most Americans think the economy is rigged
Who is it rigged for?
A: Americans agree it’s rigged toward the rich, politicians and corporations. However, among Clinton supporters, 62% thing it’s rigged toward white people – only 21% of Trump supporters say that. More than half of Trump supporters think the economy is rigged to benefit minorities, while only 19% of Clinton supporters think that
-More than half of Americans are dissatisfied by the current candidates for President
We gave people a bunch of adjectives and asked which describe how they feel about the election. The three that came up the most: afraid, angry, and embarrassed.
-On a positive note, a little more than half also said the word hopeful describes how they feel about the election.