POLL: Close to Half of Voters Believe Debt Ceiling Deal Will Make Debt Situation Worse
Jose Nino
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According to a recently published Rasmussen poll, 87% of likely United States voters are worried about inflation, which includes 63% who are very concerned. Just 11% aren’t concerned about inflation.
Furthermore, 47% of voters believe that the recently passed deal to increase the federal debt limit will worsen the economic situation. Only19% of voters believe that raising the debt ceiling will make inflation better, while 25% indicated that increasing the debt limit won’t have much of an impact on inflation.
36% of Democratic voters believe increasing the debt ceiling will improve inflation conditions. By contrast, only 8% of Republican voters and 9% of independent voters share this view. 69% of Republican voters, 23% of Democrat voters, and 52% of independent voters believe raising the debt ceiling will worsen inflation.
94% of Republican voters, 84% of Democrat voters, and 85% of independent voters are at least somewhat worried about inflation. Further, 46% of Democrat voters, 80% of Republican voters, and 65% of independent voters are very concerned about inflation.
Of voters who are very concerned about inflation, 65% believe that raising the debt ceiling will worsen the situation.
As far as race is concerned, 63% of white voters, 51% of black voters, and 70% of non-black minorities are very worried about inflation. 46% of white voters, 48% of black voters, and 51% of other non-black minority voters think that raising the debt ceiling will worsen inflation.
As for income earners, voters making less than $30,000 annually are most likely to be very concerned about inflation. By contrast, voters making over $200,000 annually are most likely to believe that raising the debt ceiling will make inflationary conditions better.
Raising the debt ceiling will do nothing to fix the US’s inflationary conditions or broader state of economic malaise.
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