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Majority of Americans say U.S. economy is on the wrong track

A recent poll finds only eighteen percent of Americans say they are better off than a year ago, while forty-four percent say they are worse; the midterms loom.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA big majority of Americans say the economy is on the wrong track. Ipsos puts it at sixty-one percent, up from forty-three in January twenty twenty-five!

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd a recent poll has just eighteen percent saying they are better off than a year ago, which is basically a buffet line with one happy guy at the front.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSixty-one percent agree on something. Washington should be thrilled that the wrong track finally has a majority.

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