A new poll of Arizona voters found that they hold a negative view of the term "Bidenomics" by a 42 to 22 percent margin. However, the survey also found that 30 percent of voters were not familiar with the term. These results led North Star Research, the firm that conducted the poll, to conclude that "the best thing about the term 'Bidenomics' is that not everyone has heard of it."
This survey was conducted by North Star Research to gauge Arizona voters' opinions on various economic issues and policies. According to the poll results on the League of American Workers' website, Arizona voters say that the country is on the wrong track by a 77 to 17 percent margin. The poll further found that 42 percent of Arizonans cite "economic issues like jobs and inflation" among their top two most important issues.
The poll further found that 60 percent of Arizona voters disapproved of the job that Biden is doing on the economy with only 38 percent saying they approve of his handling of economic issues.
According to the poll, voters believe that Biden's policies have actually made the situation worse for Arizonans. 47 percent of respondents said they believed that Biden's policies have made housing in Arizona less affordable, with only 2 percent disagreeing, and 44 percent saying that Biden's policies have made no difference.
Similarly, the poll found that Arizona voters blame Joe Biden and Democrats for declining wages, rather than Republicans, by a 41 to 16 percent margin, while 20 percent cited natural economic cycles. Arizonans also believe that Biden's policies have raised gas prices in Arizona by a 56 to 2 percent margin.
A recent report from the Arizona Common Sense Institute reinforced these poll results, finding that the typical Arizona family is spending "a combined $23,768 more on food, housing, transportation, medical care, and other goods and services" than they were in 2020 before Biden took office.
The report further found that it currently costs roughly $2700 more per year to purchase these goods for the average Arizona family even than it did in August of 2022. The report notes that even if the rate of inflation were to slow, it would take "a sustained period of deflation" to restore historical price levels.
According to Five Thirty Eight, Arizona's Senators have been very supportive of the Biden Administration. Through the 117th Congress, from 2021 to 2023 Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) voted with Biden 95.5% of the time, while Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) voted with Biden 93.9% of the time.
The FiveThirtyEight report also found that Reps. Grijalva, Gallego, and Stanton reportedly voted with Biden 100% of the time during that period.
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