Yes, voters do care about government deficits and debt.
I have argued here, repeatedly, not just that the annual federal deficit and growing long-term debt are at crisis levels but that cutting deficits is good politics, too. The simple fact is that for at least the last quarter-century, Republicans repeatedly have fared better in House and Senate races when they were collectively behaving with spending discipline than when they were profligate.
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