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November 23, 2024 1081 replies
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Is the neoliberal trend at an end? Image: Fat Finger
Q1. An October article (linked on the results page of this poll) described the Biden Administration's approach to economics as deemphasizing traditional government measures such as GDP growth and unemployment rates in favor of how people feel about their lives, their families, their communities, their jobs, and the jobs of people around them.

Would you like such an approach, and do you think the Biden Administration practiced it?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Would like that approach

44%
38%
49%
18%
45%
71%
32%
57%
39%
41%

Would not

44%
52%
37%
74%
39%
15%
34%
37%
49%
51%

Don't know

11%
9%
14%
8%
16%
14%
34%
5%
11%
7%
Group B

Biden practiced it

37%
34%
41%
39%
28%
39%
11%
43%
40%
41%

Did not

45%
48%
40%
51%
54%
36%
56%
44%
43%
42%

Don't know

17%
17%
18%
10%
19%
25%
32%
13%
16%
17%

Don't care

1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
0%
3%
0%
Q2. The article went on to say Biden made a series of speeches as president that "clearly signaled his retreat from neoliberalismā€”one on reviving American manufacturing, one on climate and infrastructure, one on racial economic equity, and one on the ā€œcare economy.ā€

In this case, "neoliberalism" refers to the perceived practice started by Reagan and continued by presidents of both parties over the ensuing 40 years of "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers, and reducing, especially through privatization, state influence in the economy."

Would you like to move away from neoliberalism, and do you think the Biden Administration practiced it?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Would like to move away from neoliberalism

51%
45%
55%
34%
57%
66%
49%
55%
48%
51%

Would not

33%
39%
28%
50%
30%
17%
21%
26%
41%
36%

Don't know

11%
9%
12%
9%
8%
14%
19%
11%
7%
12%
Group B

Biden moved away from neoliberalism

39%
38%
40%
32%
39%
46%
17%
34%
49%
43%

Did not

42%
43%
39%
52%
44%
30%
53%
46%
35%
40%

Don't know

13%
12%
15%
6%
13%
21%
19%
15%
10%
14%

Moot: US wasn't neoliberal pre Biden

11%
13%
9%
18%
7%
5%
10%
8%
15%
9%

Don't care

3%
2%
4%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
4%
3%
Q3. Whether you believe Biden did or did not move away from neoliberalism, do you think Donald Trump did so in his first term, and will do so in his second term?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Trump did so in 1st term

33%
40%
27%
45%
33%
21%
15%
33%
36%
38%

Did not

52%
46%
56%
39%
52%
66%
53%
62%
50%
44%

Don't know

14%
13%
15%
15%
12%
13%
30%
4%
13%
17%
Group B

Trump will do so in 2nd term

38%
49%
28%
53%
34%
23%
25%
41%
38%
40%

Will not

47%
36%
56%
31%
51%
62%
43%
53%
48%
41%

Don't know

14%
14%
13%
14%
11%
14%
30%
5%
11%
18%

Don't care

2%
1%
2%
1%
4%
2%
2%
0%
2%
2%
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