by Hudson Crozier
Economic issues top Pennsylvania voters’ concerns ahead of election Presidential elections on November 5according to a novel survey.
A quarter of voters in the key swing state ranked “inflation/cost of living” as the most crucial issue facing Pennsylvanians, a survey released Tuesday from the Commonwealth Foundationa conservative-libertarian think tank based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
According to the poll, 29 percent of independent voters, 28 percent of Republicans and 19 percent of Democrats pointed to inflation.
Another 7 percent of respondents ranked Pennsylvania’s “overall” economy as their most crucial concern.
“Four of the top five issues facing Pennsylvania are economic, such as inflation, [state’s] “The economy, taxes, and poverty and homelessness are the top issues facing our state,” the Commonwealth Foundation said in its analysis of the data.
In addition, 20 percent, or one-fifth, of those surveyed said inflation was the biggest problem facing America as a whole, followed by “immigration/border security” at 10 percent.
Voter concerns suggest the economy is a tender spot in President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign in Pennsylvania, showing other recent polls indicating that a majority of voters in the state trust former President Donald Trump more than Biden on this issue.
Trump and Biden are nearly neck and neck in the Commonwealth Foundation poll, with 44 percent and 45 percent of Pennsylvania voters, respectively, a sign of improvement for Trump since the foundation March surveygiving Biden a seven percentage point lead.
However, most respondents said they were “dissatisfied” with the two most crucial presidential election in Novemberincluding about 25 percent who said they were “completely[ly] dissatisfied.”
Voters’ financial worries extended to Pennsylvania Governor Josh ShapiroDemocrat who has proposed a $3 billion augment in state spending that would require a $2,000 tax augment for every family of four, the Commonwealth Foundation reported.
More than half of respondents said they opposed Shapiro’s budget plan, after the survey made clear consequences for taxes.
“Nearly one-third of survey participants say Pennsylvania’s high tax burden has prompted them to consider moving to another state,” the foundation noted in the report. press release“These numbers could have a direct impact on the state’s ability to maintain a strong workforce.”
The Commonwealth Foundation conducted the survey of 800 registered voters in the state between June 14 and 19. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percentage points.
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Hudson Crozier is a journalism intern at The Daily Signal.
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