Could very well be…..
With reported virus cases, hospital cases and deaths dropping?
The Economy and Biden seems to be top campaign focus….
Democrats who thought the Newsom example in California of running on the virus just isn’t the ‘Way’. it seems…
People seem to want to ‘move on’….
While the pandemic is nowhere near over, Covid is fading as an issue that animates voters. It’s evident from recent polls in the off-year New Jersey and Virginia elections, where pre-pandemic concerns like taxes, the economy and schools now rank as the top voter priorities. Strategists of both parties are advising candidates to shift their focus ahead of the midterm elections in 2022. Already, political advertising related to the pandemic has fallen off sharply from earlier this year.
“Everybody’s just ready to move on,” said Julie Roginsky, a former top adviser to Gov. Phil Murphy, the New Jersey Democrat who is favored to win reelection on Tuesday. “It’s been 18 months, and whether the science merits it or not, the public’s ready to move on. … They’ve reverted back to the issues they’ve always cared about, which had been put on pause for the past 18 months.”
The demise of the Covid-centric campaign is, in part, a natural reaction to improving conditions surrounding the pandemic, with deaths declining, schools and businesses reopening and vaccines available in abundance.
But the political fallout may be severe, especially for Democrats who ran hard on the pandemic in 2020, capitalizing on public sentiment that largely favored their party’s management of the crisis. As interest in Covid fades, Democrats may lose one of their most compelling campaign planks a little more than a year before a critical midterm election in which the party is already facing headwinds.
“It takes away a great issue,” said Ben Tribbett, a longtime Democratic strategist based in Virginia.
The evidence of Covid fatigue is everywhere….
Another example of the ignorance and stupidity of the average voter.
They apparently don’t understand that current economic problems are directly traceable to the pandemic.Just voting against who is in office will have no effect.Until this pandemic ends?Economic problems will continue and may even worsen, considerably.
So they are “tired” of it eh?Well it ain’t tired of them and anyone with a modicum of intelligence would understand that.
Nevertheless ?
Politicians DO have deal with what they have in voters
The virus maybe the cause
But Economy has eclipsed the virus as the main political worry and Biden and Democrats appear to about to take political fire for this…
Don’t matter about smart’s
The ballot choice is their marker
Good for the politicians.
Any IDIOT who thinks that his declaration that he is “tired” of the pandemic and is only “concerned” about the economy, without understanding that the economy is directly related to the pandemic is just that…
An IDIOT.
Meanwhile the number of cases nationwide has been flat over the past week or so according to the New York Times.
I reported this yesterday……
We need to see more
The NY Times is STILL showing declines in it’s averages while the Wash Post shows increases ….
I have always relied on the Wash Post as more accurate
The trouble area is primarily the MidWest….
The NY Times is based on a 14 day average.
The last week has been flat with even a slight increase of 2000 cases yesterday.
Since two weeks ago cases were falling the “average “ is still showing a slight decrease.If ,at this time next week ,there is no further decrease,then the average is going to be flat or maybe a slight increase.
Whatever it shows, at over 70000 daily cases?We are a Long way from declaring the pandemic over.At best one can say the latest surge Peak appears to Have passed.