What Issue Seniors Care The Most About According To A New AARP Poll

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Bob Ward, pollster and partner at Fabrizio Ward, joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss a new AARP poll that found former President Donald Trump beating President Joe Biden in a poll taken after the historic June presidential debate.

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00:00By the numbers, the economy is doing better than it has been in recent years.

00:05But as we know, sentiment always lags the actual numbers.

00:08Do you think between now and then, between now and November, rather, sentiment will change

00:13when it comes to the economy?

00:15Voters will feel more favorably to Biden because they're saying, hey, OK, my wallet feels a

00:19little better.

00:20These kitchen table items are a little bit cheaper.

00:24Yeah.

00:25So, I mean, let's think about the metrics.

00:28When we say the economy is better, oftentimes we look at the, you know, the stock market,

00:32the employment rate, things like that.

00:35If you think about older voters, many of whom are retired, in this survey in Wisconsin voters,

00:42just a data point to spot a light on this.

00:46You have, I mean, just make sure I get it right, 64% of voters, 50 plus, say that Social

00:53Security either is or will play a major role in their future, in their retirement.

01:01These are folks who are not really thinking, you know, less about sort of the stock market

01:07and more about the check that comes in the mail every month.

01:10And will it be there for me?

01:12And so, yes, I think there is time for the environment to change.

01:18We've got, like I said, just under four months to the election.

01:21And so that's certainly a possibility.

01:24But older voters are, you know, many of them fixed income and are pretty much know their

01:31financial situation.

01:32They know how much things cost at the grocery store.

01:35They know how much the rent or the mortgage is, you know, for those who are paying it.

01:39So I think, you know, those types of fundamentals, you know, are not likely to change between

01:46now and the election unless there's a dramatic change in, you know, for example, everyday

01:51prices of goods.

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