Harris poll for Guardian finds people reconsidering major life events such as having children or buying a home

Harris poll for Guardian finds people reconsidering major life events such as having children or buying a home

Americans are reconsidering major life events including marriage, having children and buying a home amid economic anxiety in the opening months of the Trump presidency, according to an exclusive poll for the Guardian.

Six in 10 Americans said the economy has affected at least one of their major life goals, according to the Harris poll, citing either lack of affordability or anxiety around the current economy.

Though Donald Trump’s tariff policies have only been in place for a few weeks, and though he has temporarily walked back on some of his harshest policies, the findings are a sign that Trump’s economic agenda could have long-term effects.

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    4 in 10 who actually vote. Trump only ever won ~30% of the popular vote when you count all of the people who couldn’t bother to get off the couch. If “Didn’t Vote” was a candidate, it would have won by a landslide.

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      You guys keep bringing this up as if the day when those non-voters start voting for Democrats is right around the corner. The percentage of people who don’t vote hasn’t changed much in 100 years. Quit wasting words on people who will never matter in this context.

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        Literally every single election the talking point is how many people didn’t bother to vote. And it’s always the same percentage. The only time it changed much at all was after Trump killed a few million Americans with his COVID policies. The only way to make any change more is to have a national voting holiday plus compulsory voting.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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          6 days ago

          I’d rather have universal vote by mail. We already have it in multiple states and it works fine. No need to mess with schedules if people can do it on their own time.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      6 days ago

      Didn’t vote means one of at least three things:

      “I think the candidate i support will win anyways.”
      “I don’t care who wins, i will be fine with any of the likely possible candidates.”
      “I don’t feel represented by anyone but i feel powerless to get someone on the ballot who represents me.”

      Unless specifically polling non voters about the reason why they didn’t vote we can’t really tell.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        6 days ago

        There’s also the hidden fourth option: “I was disenfranchised by republicans, who made voting extremely difficult and/or prohibitively expensive.”

        • andros_rex@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          “While the law says that my employer must let me off to go vote, pointing out that fact does not protect me from getting fired in retaliation anyway in an at-will state.”

            • andros_rex@lemmy.world
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              6 days ago

              Got any lawyers?

              I got fired in retaliation for asking for accommodations and pointing out Title 9 violations. That’s not supposed to happen, but lawyers don’t work for free.

              Just like your spouse isn’t supposed to be able to kick you out, refuse to file for divorce and drain your bank account. But justice in America costs money.

      • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        You’re missing one: “The Republicans successfully prevented me from being able to vote”