The state of the economy will outweigh other issues for American voters when they head to the polls next month to decide which party controls the United States Congress, economists have told Al Jazeera.While there are plenty of hot button issues, including abortion, climate change, crime and immigration, American voters this year are also dealing with the highest inflation rate in decades, a plummeting stock market and talks of an impending recession.According to a recent Monmouth University poll, 82 percent of Americans consider inflation to be an “extremely or very essential issue” for the federal government to handle. But barely three in 10 Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the recent jump in the cost of living, the survey found.
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