US inflation taking biggest toll on non-white voters: poll

NEW YORK -- US non-white voters are more likely than white voters to say that the highest inflation in four decades is triggering major financial strain in their lives, reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Monday.

Eight months before the midterm election, 35 percent of Black, Hispanic, Asian-American and other voters who said they were something other than white expressed that level of inflationary pain, compared with 28 percent for white voters, according to a WSJ poll.

Black women and Hispanic men, both at 44 percent, reported the highest proportions of major strain among various demographic and gender combinations, it added.

People with the lowest incomes also were most likely to report major financial challenges from inflation. Almost half with incomes of less than 60,000 US dollars reported major financial strain, while just 13 percent of those making 150,000 dollars or more did so, said the poll.

"Some poll participants said they blame President (Joe) Biden for inflation because he has taken actions to limit oil-and-gas drilling and pipelines in the US," noted the newspaper in its report about the poll.