A new survey indicates that laid off workers are spending more time engaging in their communities by volunteering (8%) and becoming more involved in their local church (6%). This newly minted free time could significantly change political environments now that 9% of the US is unemployed.
As the unemployed search for jobs, they are also afforded an opportunity to become more informed on the issues as down time is likely spent in-front of a television or computer. This could spark higher political engagement, as fatigued and angry people are the forefront of any revolution.
As you could imagine, the growing legion of unemployed are most concerned with providing for themselves (see below); however, attention could soon be turned to the failure of Obama’s “stimulus” to save their jobs. This could spell trouble for Democrats in 2010.
Laid Off Workers Could Change Political Landscape
Posted by Tyler Harber on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 10:36 AM
A new survey indicates that laid off workers are spending more time engaging in their communities by volunteering (8%) and becoming more involved in their local church (6%). This newly minted free time could significantly change political environments now that 9% of the US is unemployed.
As the unemployed search for jobs, they are also afforded an opportunity to become more informed on the issues as down time is likely spent in-front of a television or computer. This could spark higher political engagement, as fatigued and angry people are the forefront of any revolution.
As you could imagine, the growing legion of unemployed are most concerned with providing for themselves (see below); however, attention could soon be turned to the failure of Obama’s “stimulus” to save their jobs. This could spell trouble for Democrats in 2010.