A recent poll of 1,000 registered voters conducted by Suffolk University and USA Today indicated that the country is headed in the wrong direction, that most of the country does not approve of the job Joe Biden is doing, and that the economy, abortion, and inflation are the top issues on voters’ minds.

Now just to prove how the voting public is double-minded, if the elections for Congress were today, 44% said they would vote for the Democratic candidate, 40% for the Republican candidate, and almost 16% were undecided. Then almost 47% of those very same voters said they wanted a congress that “stands up to President Biden” rather than cooperates with him. But wait, there’s more.

Some 46% of voters said they were paying a lot or a fair amount of attention to the January 6 special House committee hearings, while 53% said they were not following the hearings very much or none at all. Only 16% said they were more likely to support a congressional candidate who has been endorsed by Donald Trump and campaigns with him, while 44% said they were less likely to support such a candidate.

This is an interesting finding since Trump-endorsed congressional candidates have been winning their primaries across the country. This poll was balanced 32% Democrat, 31% Republican, 30% Independent, and 7% other or refused. This ballot question does not bode well for Republicans this fall, especially when 44% said they would vote for the Democratic candidate. See the trend at this moment?

Slightly over 50% of the respondents think the US is in a recession. The impact of the current economy is causing 58% to go out to eat less often, 45% to cut back spending on groceries, 48% to drive less, and 45% to postpone or cancel vacations/travel.

In 2020, 45% voted for Biden, and 41% said they voted for Trump. Nearly 33% identify as conservative or very conservative, 25% consider themselves liberal or very liberal, and 36% said they were moderate. Some 17% said they trusted FOX NEWS the most, followed by 16% saying they trusted PBS/NPR the most. Then the very next question, 35% of the respondents said they trusted FOX NEWS the least, followed by CNN at 21% least trusted.

Some 76% felt the country was on the wrong track, while 15% felt the country was headed in the right direction.

Given all this, the people in the poll, which represent a sample of the American voting public, are very confused. They think the country is headed in the wrong direction, perhaps even in a recession, but will vote for the Democratic candidate for Congress.

The most trusted news network is FOX NEWS, and the least trusted is FOX NEWS. There is a failure to recognize that the political party in power is leading the country in the wrong direction. Granted, this is just one poll, but it’s indicating a dangerous trend.

James 1:8 says, “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Christ said in Mark 3:24, “If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.” Indeed, this country is headed in the wrong direction.

Sources:

https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/national/2022/7_28_2022_embargoed_marginals.pdf?la=en&hash=4F682989707021DD87FA56D227603197F8E43228

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Back in the day, when I was growing up on the farm in Ohio, nonsense, stupidity, and insanity were not tolerated. There were ways to deal with each; the insanity usually resulted in separation from society until the mental health of the person was healed. Today, we elect them to public office and let them run society into the dirt. Today there is toleration for almost every form of nonsense, stupidity, and insanity.

Think about it. We have Planned Parenthood wanting to evangelize transgenderism in school children—and I’m sure there are school systems and parents dumb enough to allow it. We have a US Senator saying that Pregnancy Care Centers should be shut down because they torture pregnant people. Lunacy!

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a former failed presidential candidate, refuses to recognize pregnant women because she believes that all genders can get pregnant. In fact, so do a lot of these twisted crazies. They also are of the ilk that wants to promote that there are dozens of different genders or sexual orientations—and they want to indoctrinate our children to be accepting of them or even be one of them.

These pro-abortion activists are also crazy. Yes, crazy. They are out there marching and protesting and stalking judges for the non-existent “right” to kill their babies in the womb. And they are radical about it. Some religious denominations are saying it is a biblical right. I guess all the verses and context of the Bible that stress choosing life, having it more abundantly, and God knowing you before you were born have no meaning.

We have a president who lands in Israel and doesn’t know where he is, has to have frequent naps, falls off his bike, and misspeaks all the time—the latest saying that we all must keep alive the “honor of the holocaust.” What? Yes, he corrected himself quickly, but a person in his position should never misspeak on that topic–in Israel, no less.

All this could be excusable, but inflation is now beating out the Jimmy Carter years, and Biden’s policies are directly responsible for driving the country into a recession—in an electric car because gas prices are too high. His policies have reduced buying power and have caused major disruptions in food supplies and most everything else. If he isn’t insane, his policies certainly are. Sadly, he appears to be suffering from dementia, and his power-hungry puppeteers just keep pulling the strings.

We have a Supreme Court Justice who will not give a definition of “woman.” We have a First Lady who thinks race and ethnicity are identified by the kind of food people eat. All this against the backdrop that a record number of Americans, mostly identifying as — guess what? — Democrats, no longer believe in God.

See a connection?

I’m reminded of David acting crazy before the Philistine King Achish in 1 Samuel 21:15, prompting Achish’s response, “Am I lacking madmen that you have brought this fellow to act demented in my presence?” Only, with David, it was an act. These political leaders we have before us today are intentional. At any other time in history, they would be judged mentally unfit. Today, not so much. And that truly is insanity.

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