Cheers and Jeers is a weekday post from the great state of Maine.
I Know Whatcha Thinkin'
The third quarter of 2024 has officially been vanquished by the evil time troopers and their leader, Sir Ticksalot. That means it's C&J number-crunching time. Every few months we post the results of some recent C&J polls to give you a snapshot of our collective neural activity which, if we could bottle it, would probably violate several federal, state and local bottling laws. These are some results from July through September:
» In terms of the various ways our economy has improved thanks to Bidenomics, 34 percent of you are most impressed with how wages are outpacing inflation, followed by the 5th-longest employment growth streak on record (25%), and the overall taming of inflation (20%).
» 88 percent favor laws mandating dramatically shorter campaign seasons for federal and state elections.
» Only 16 percent of you have ever done your household budgeting/financial planning with your family around the kitchen table, so maybe it’s time for politicians to retire that quaint but outdated image from their speeches.
» Shortly before Kamala Harris announced her running mate, 32 percent of you hoped she would pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, followed by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly (27%) and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (21%).
As a courtesy, all C&J polls are kept far, far away from Nate Silver.
» 44 percent believe it'll be more than five years before driverless cars become commonplace on our roads. 43 percent don't believe it will ever happen.
» 97 percent support the filing of a criminal affidavit against Trump and Vance for their campaign of terrorism against the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio.
» Of the two new pandas at the San Diego Zoo, 71 percent of you would rather share a bamboo stalk with Xin Bao, while only 29 percent chose Yun Chuan.
» 8 percent have worked at McDonald's.
» 91 percent support the President Biden-endorsed idea of 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices, with a new justice added to the bench every two years.
» Of the Four Corners states, 43 percent of you would most like to visit Colorado, followed by New Mexico (40%), Utah (11%) and Arizona (6%).
» Tim Walz said that well-tended gutters are more important than a well-tended lawn and, by god, 73 percent of you said hell yeah they are.
As always, thanks for participating in our C&J polls. If you’re on Weight Watchers, remember that voting counts as 22 cardiovascular workout points.
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