Given that, up until last weekend, most Americans either weren’t paying attention to what was going on in Washington regarding a government shutdown or had become conditioned to think a last minute deal would get done, it’s not surprising to see Gallup’s measure of Economic Confidence falling sharply now per this story today and as shown below.
What is surprising is that independent voters are showing the least concern (as indicated by the smallest decline in the lower panel above). A big drop for Democrats and half that move for Republicans seems to make sense, but what’s up with the Independents?
Maybe they’re still not paying attention yet or, more likely, they’ve just completely tuned out news from the nation’s capital in utter disgust of what is going on.
Source: Iacono Research
