Emily Swanson and Ryan Grim — New Poll Shows Political Futility Of Deficit Reduction

The budget deficit is the lowest it has been since President Barack Obama took office, according to a Congressional Budget Office report this week. But don't expect that to matter to the American people.

In fact, the deficit has been falling steadily since 2009. Yet a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows that Americans still think the deficit is going up and disapprove of Washington politicians accordingly....

According to the new poll, 54 percent of Americans think the budget deficit has increased since Obama took office in 2009, while only 19 percent know it has decreased. Fourteen percent think it has stayed the same since Obama became president.

The Huffington Post
New Poll Shows Political Futility Of Deficit Reduction
Emily Swanson and Ryan Grim