i do think voters in this election are feeling very insecure about things. they re feeling insecure economically, physically. that s why you see issues like crime and immigration are a big piece of the issue mix. it s also the sense that our country isn t in a secure direction. when you ask people that right track, wrong track number, they feel like things are off. they feel like we as a country can t get anything done. they feel like institutions aren t working. that manifests as well. democrats being concerned are elections going to get stolen. they have different approaches and beliefs about what s drivings that. that sense of security is what is the overall atmosphere in this election. i think at the end of the day that s favoring republicans. i agree with that, and i m not going to throw pollsters under the bus. i m done we lying on polls. good thing he s not your client. people this is a very
they will vote on election day not going to be one issue and you can t just ask people, they re not going in and saying my one issue i m voting on is x so therefore but i think that voters in this election are feeling very insecure about things. feeling insecure economically, feeling insecure physically, crime and immigration are a big piece of the issue mix. it s also that sense that our country just isn t in a secure direction. when you ask people that right track-wrong track number, they feel things are off, we re divided, we as a country can get anything done, institutions aren t working and that manifests as well. democrats being concerned are elections going to get stolen. they have different approaches and beliefs about what s driving that, but that sense of insecurity i think is what is the overall atmospheric in this election and i think at the end of the day that s favoring republicans dana, i agree, and i m not going to throw pollsters under the bus all togethers, but
schools. republicans go, it s freedom, man. no. these polls show they are rejecting these national republican, trumpist candidates on a nationwide level from the body politic. they don t want it. yeah. we re going to talk about these senate and house races in a minute, too. my goodness, when you look at a president who is at 33%, the wrong track number in this new york times poll is 70% something. only 13% of americans think we re on the right track. yet, you have this batch of candidates, especially on the senate side in some of the governors races, who are so bad that republicans may not even take the senate. they may. they have a lot of things working in their direction, but there are states where they should be running away with it and they re losing because of the candidate choice, to your point about the freaks and weirdos. mika, there s no sugar coating it, the numbers in the new york times poll, and consistently
trump also getting thumbs down from the majority of voters or 61% saying he should not run again either. let s bring in mark penny s chairman of the harris poll served as an advisor to both bill and hillary clinton. mark good to see you. so first i want to talk about this wrong track number, 70%. have you ever seen at that bad number one? ns is all about economics, the economy, inflation or something larger going on? and split about economics. liberal rarely seen 70% say they re on track. i have never seen bigots personally, economically worse off today. you may member the famous reagan question are you better off today? and when you look at this this is far greater a percentage saying they are worse off then
actually the majority of americans think that country is on the wrong track. we are kind of a dissatisfied people. for getting 85% is amazing. i got the 80% in the worst days of the pandemic. it was about 75% during the financial crisis from 2008 until 2011. 85% is absolutely huge. i think most people would say, it s mostly a reflection of the increase in the cost of living. americans are having a very difficult time doing the basic things they have to do witches eat and get around. inflation has been terrible on the price of food and of course on the price of energy. i think that is the biggest driver of this wrong track number. when you just mentioned also from the same ap polling said, the percentage of americans have confidence in a bench right now, it strikes me that the problem here is not just over the recent decision this past week in dobbs