The People Have Figured Out What The Biggest Problem Our Country Is Facing

According to a recent Gallup poll, Americans feel that poor government leadership is a much bigger problem than the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 20% of Americans said that “the government and poor leadership” is the biggest problem the country is dealing with, more than twice the number of Americans that say the same for “the economy in general,” according to a Gallup survey.

Americans’ concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic have lightened. In September 21% of Americans said the nation’s greatest problem was the pandemic while the number dropped to 13% in November.

Americans’ concerns about economic issues grew to a pandemic-long high, with 26% of respondents noting specific economic issues as among the biggest problems facing the country. While 10% of Americans said the economy, in general, is the most significant issue the country faces, 7% cited inflation and the high cost of living, and 5% pointed to unemployment and jobs.

The survey of 815 adults, which took place from Nov. 1-16 and has a four percent margin of error, found that 30% of Republicans and 29% of Independents cited economic issues when asked about the biggest problem facing the country, however, according to the survey only 18% of Democrats did.

January 2017 was the last poll to show a double-digit percentage of Americans saying the economy was the most significant problem in the country.

Inflation reached a 30-year high in October, with the Consumer Price Index growing 0.9% from the previous month and reaching 6.2% on a year-over-year measure. The Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, rose 8.6% on a year-over-year basis as of early November, increasing at a record rate for the second straight month.