More Rust Belt Voters Better Off Financially Than 4 Years Ago, Poll Shows

In this still image taken from video, a US flag flies near the Lordstown, Ohio, Chevrolet factory in the Rust Belt state of Ohio, where then-candidate Donald Trump unexpectedly earned significant support in 2016.Eleonore Sens/AFP

A plurality of voters in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin said they were better off financially in mid-September compared to four years ago, according to The Epoch Times Rust Belt Poll.

More than 31 percent of the 2,191 registered voters and 1,440 likely voters polled Sept. 11-15 said they were better off financially than four years ago. Another almost 18 percent said they were better off than four years ago until the pandemic.