Why 52% of Americans think the Obama economy is good

[applegrove]

Why 52% of Americans think the Obama economy is good

http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/21/news/economy/obama-economy-good-cnn-poll/index.html?iid=SF_E_River

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Fifty-two percent of people surveyed in a new CNN/ORC poll describe the U.S. economy as very or somewhat good, while 48% say it's as very or somewhat poor.

Americans are the most optimistic since before the Great Recession, and it's good news for the White House and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

On top of that, Americans think the sunny economy will keep going. Over two-thirds of those polled believe the economy will be in good shape a year from now, compared with 38% who say it will be in poor shape.

Rising confidence can be self-reinforcing, driving stronger growth in the future as people and businesses spend more.


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[PowerToThePeople]

1. 48 percenter checking in. n/t

[stillwaiting]

2. Well, a few % of those people are surely correct. The economy is GREAT for them.

The rest don't fully understand what's been happening in this country over the past 3 to 4 decades.

Their expectations have been successfully managed downwards. Well done, TPTB!

[gollygee]

3. It's probably being viewed in comparison to how it was several years ago

It was horrible, and now it's not nearly as bad, at least where I live where we had double digit undemployment for a good while. In comparison to how it was, it's good.