Voters Are More Upbeat on Economy

A new Wall Street Journal poll finds 31% of voters in the survey “said the economy had gotten better over the past two years, during the majority of Biden’s tenure, a rise of 10 percentage points from a Journal poll in December.”

“And 43% said their personal finances are headed in the right direction, a 9-point increase from the prior survey.”

“But the recent spate of rising consumer prices still weighs heavily on the public. More than two-thirds of voters say inflation is headed in the wrong direction, despite ample data showing that it has moderated.”

On the election: “Trump holds a narrow lead over Biden in a head-to-head test of the expected 2024 presidential matchup, with 47% backing Trump and 45% picking Biden, a difference within the survey’s margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. In December, Trump led by four points.”