2024: The Trump Boom vs. the Biden Bust

American Thinker ^ | October 5, 2023 | Michael G. Zey

[SoConPubbie]

Nothing focuses the minds of American voters more than an economy gone sour.

As voters watch their chances of living the American dream dwindle — the price of homes, gas, cars, food, and other necessities skyrocketing; good-paying full-time jobs disappearing; and layoffs spreading throughout the economy — they just want to make the pain go away.

And the easiest way for citizens to rid themselves of this pain is to vote out of power its perceived cause: the sitting president and his party.

Americans forced out of office Herbert Hoover in 1932 because they blamed him for the Depression.  Jimmy Carter lost the presidency in 1980 because of high inflation and recurring recessions.  George H.W. Bush's 1992 re-election bid was doomed by high unemployment and tax hikes.  In 1932 and 1980, the economy also cost the president's party control of the House and Senate.  

In 2024, Joe Biden will be confronted with an election problem Hoover, Carter, and Bush didn't have.  He has the unenviable task of running not just against a faltering economy, but also an opponent Americans believe created a prosperous economy: his predecessor, Donald J. Trump.

When Americans elected Biden in 2020, their message to him was clear: Trump handed you a booming economy.  Just don't do anything to ruin it!

Unfortunately, Biden has done just that, and Americans have taken notice.

A new USA TODAY poll reveals that Americans trust Trump over Biden by 47% to 36% to restore American prosperity.  Independents trust Trump over Biden on the economy 46% to 25%.  Seventy percent of Americans think the economy under Biden is getting worse.  Only 20% see it as improving.

As pollster John McLauglin stated in a recent Atlantic magazine interview, the American people consider Trump a solidly performing president who brought the country a strong economy, low inflation, and real

[SoConPubbie]

Excellent Article!

Worth the time to go to the link and read the whole thing!

[itsahoot]

It is amazing how many people I run into at Costco that think the economy is much better now than it was under Trump. Besides it is all Trump’s fault anyway. These people will go to their grave believing they were right.

[DeplorablePaul]

Yep. The blue state Covid lockdowns were all about tanking Trump’s booming economy. Bidenomic claims of restoring the economy are ridiculous. Just going from closed to open restored the economy. We certainly didn’t need the trillions in useless spending that paid people to drop out of the workforce.

[1Old Pro]

Americans trust Trump over Biden by 47% to 36% to restore American prosperity. Independents trust Trump over Biden on the economy 46% to 25%. Seventy percent of Americans think the economy under Biden is getting worse.

Devastating polls for Brandon and the Dems....and they know it.

[ballplayer]

Yes but the senile traitor in the White House won by cheating,and it will happen again,if we live long enough,election is over a year away and the brain dead traitor is about to cause WW3,good luck folks,it’s all about to end

[230FMJ]

“Brain dead traitor”

You left out Pedophile.

[Organic Panic]

My business increased four fold with Trump’s policies. I lost 95% of it with the democrat shut down the economy. I got a little bit of boost when the “emergency” was declared over by the Chomo in Chief. Now, it’s back down in the crapper with Bidenflation and poor economy for manufacturing.

[Cobra64]

While the polls are interesting, they do not, or will not, reflect reality in the election. U til: Voter ID, same day, in-person voting, with paper ballots.

[SunkenCiv]

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[clearcarbon]

"2024: The Trump Boom vs. the Biden Bust"