CNN Poll: Economy and education will shape how Americans vote in 2022
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Voters begin the midterm year primarily focused on economic issues, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS in January and February. The survey also showed that Democrats are suffering an early deficit in enthusiasm about voting, a dynamic that could be compounded by voters' concerns over the economy.
A majority of voters (59%) said the economy will be extremely important to their congressional vote this year, 55% said the same of inflation, and 49% on taxes. Concern about the economy hasn't been this widespread in any midterm-year CNN Poll dating back to 2002 and only reached similar levels in the summer of 2010 (56%).
Voting rights also emerged as a priority in the latest survey, with 55% calling them extremely important. Even though the field dates of the poll overlapped with the tail end of the Omicron variant, a relatively low 38% of respondents cited the coronavirus pandemic as extremely important to their midterm vote.
