A top obstacle to Democrats in the 2024 election is that voters are unhappy with the economic stewardship of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.
Looking at each presidency in its entirety, the overall economy expanded faster under Biden than Trump, but Biden saw inflation surge.
Most voters likely don’t even follow the overall economic trends, let alone one month’s data, he said. Instead, their views on the economy are shaped by how far their dollars are stretching today compared to recent times. That track record isn’t great nowadays.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R-VA) comments followed the release of a new federal report that inflation was hotter than expected last month.
Stephanie Ruhle breaks down the latest inflation numbers and offers advice to Harris on how she should message on the economy against Trump in the final weeks of the electio
Veteran US political strategist James Carville steered Bill Clinton to the White House in 1992 with a campaign best remembered for his pithy motto: it's "the economy, stupid.""We don't have to be as good as Bill Clinton" in delivering that message,
Most voters in a new survey rank the economy as the most important issue ahead of the election, now less than a month away, and former President Trump has an edge over Vice President Harris on the issue.
Former President Barack Obama knocked down one of former President Donald Trump's most central pitches to voters for re-election at a Pittsburgh rally Thursday evening: that Trump was a masterful steward of the economy.
Trump has consistently topped Harris on the economy. However, many polls also show the two candidates tied, suggesting that other issues are also at play.
California is highly unlikely to give Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, a win on election day. In his two previous White House runs, he’s received 34% in 2020 and 33% in 2016. Polls show him at about the same levels now.
Both Republican and Democratic voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania slammed the state of the economy with only around a month left before the November presidential election.