WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND
By Scott Hennen
Host of “What’s On Your Mind?” Radio Show heard on KTGO-1090AM and KFYR-550AM
Co-owner of Flag Family Media and the McKenzie County Farmer
Americans regularly get asked about their opinions on everything from soup to nuts. Evidently, we’re not a happy bunch about the national mess. But the great thing about North Dakotans is we get to say: “I told you so”. You can’t blame us for Joe Biden becoming President or the mess his awful policies have foisted on America.
The November 2020 election in North Dakota had 65.5 percent of the vote for President Donald Trump and only 31.9 percent for Biden. Only two small rural counties voted for Biden-Harris and the rest went for Trump-Pence. If I were a North Dakotan who voted for Biden, I might start to wonder if I’d best relocate to California or some such like-minded liberal paradise.
So back to North Dakota. As the Biden poll numbers plummet nationally, we can best explain it as the rest of the country catching up with our lead.
Check this out. People are seriously ticked about the pain in the pocketbook that has resulted from a big-spending feckless economic policy. A recent Fox News Poll includes interviews with 1,006 registered voters nationwide who were randomly selected from a voter file. Here are a few highlights: