Vot­ers, espe­cial­ly inde­pen­dents, pick Trump to ‘han­dle’ infla­tion

Most like­ly vot­ers, espe­cial­ly elu­sive inde­pen­dents, trust Repub­li­cans more than Democ­rats to pull down infla­tion that is keep­ing the prices of every­day items stub­born­ly high.
In the lat­est Ras­mussen Reports sur­vey shared with Secrets, 60% of inde­pen­dent vot­ers tar­get­ed by Pres­i­dent Joe Biden in his reelec­tion cam­paign believe that Repub­li­cans and pre­sum­ably for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump would “han­dle” infla­tion best.
And that’s a big deal since in the sur­vey, 82% said infla­tion is a “seri­ous” prob­lem.
Asked anoth­er way by Ras­mussen, 84% said infla­tion will be impor­tant in their vot­ing, putting it on top of vot­er issues in the fall elec­tion.
While Biden has dis­missed con­cerns about infla­tion and the econ­o­my, at one point claim­ing peo­ple “have the mon­ey to spend,” polls con­tin­ue to show that the nation feels harmed by ris­ing prices and blame the White House.
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