Connecticut residents say they have fared worse in the recession than the rest of the country, but a majority of them still feel they’re better off today than they were four years ago, a new poll by the University of Connecticut and the Hartford Courant shows.
Just how folks in Connecticut view their economic circumstances is partly framed by their political affiliations, the poll indicates.
“While 42 percent of likely voters say they’re worse off today than four year ago, and 35 percent say they’re better off, those perceptions differ sharply among those who identify with either major political party,” according to the blog UConn Today. “While 62 percent of Democrats say they’re better off today, just 9 percent of Republicans feel the same way.”
More than half of the voters surveyed said they’ve changed how they shop for groceries, and nearly a quarter reported having to sell something valuable to make ends meet during the downturn, the Hartford Courant reports.
Overall, the poll of 517 likely voters, taken this month, shows a bleaker economic picture in Connecticut than the rest of the country, the Courant says.
And our interpretation of how we’ve fared in the recession has split not only along political lines, but along racial lines as well.
“The poll found that 78 percent of African-American likely voters say they’re better off today than four years ago, while only 26 percent of white voters said the same. And while 45 percent of likely voters who attend religious services once a week or more say they’re worse off today, just 31 percent of voters who never attend religious services have the same impression,” UConn Today reported.
A study produced by the University of Connecticut reports that Connecticut's recovery will be slow and that all lost jobs might not be receoved by 2018.
It is shocking that “The poll found that 78 percent of African-American likely voters say they’re better off today than four years ago, while only 26 percent of white voters said the same." Since the black unemployment rate is about double that of the entire population in the nation--this has to be false optimism. It is "false optimism" which may be explained if those CT African-Americans are part of the additional new 15 MILLION new food stamp recipients, or new beneficiaries of other welfare programs, or are possibly now receiving Disability income, which has also skyrocketed since Obama became president. That also may be explained by ignorance of the actual facts of the dire state of the economy, by people who voted for Obama because he is black (half) and they vote based on those emotional reasons. As for the last part, "while 45 percent of likely voters who attend religious services once a week or more say they’re worse off today, just 31 percent of voters who never attend religious services have the same impression,” that is not surprising. The Dem party is definitely more the party of atheists and those who believe in BIG government ^instead^ of GOD.
What a bunch of party-loyal idiots.