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Exit polls showed Harris made significant gains on the economy. But other concerns may have crowded it out.
Yahoo Finance ^ | Nov. 7, 2024 | Ben Werschkul

Posted on 11/07/2024 7:14:25 AM PST by lasereye

When exit polls began to be released on Tuesday night, it appeared to contain a nugget that augured well for Kamala Harris. In the end, it didn't.

Americans were asked who they trusted more to handle the economy. It was a win for Donald Trump — 51% picked him to 47% for Harris — but it was a much more narrow victory than would have been imaginable earlier this year when the former president was trouncing President Joe Biden regularly on the issue.

It seemed to be a validation of a strategy for Harris in the final few days of the campaign to focus on economic issues — which are called the top issue for voters so much it can feel like a cliche — and tout her plans to bring down the prices of things like groceries and housing.

But those results clearly augured nothing of the sort. Trump, in the hours that followed, romped to a decisive victory that saw him win crucial battlegrounds as well as be on track to win the popular vote for the first time in his three runs for office.

There are many answers to what caused Trump's win and Harris's loss but one clear factor appears to be a recent decline in Americans (especially Democrats this year at least) who say the economy is their top issue.

In 2012, the exit polls found a whopping 60% of all voters picked the economy as their top issue. This year, the result was barely half that with 31%.

In addition to this overall decline in voter focus on the economy, this year's batch of exit poll data found that, for the first time in years, the economy did not rank as the top election day issue. Voters narrowly ranked democracy as their top issue.

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KEYWORDS: benwerschkul; economy; exitpolls; harris; surejan
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It is scary that voters ranked democracy as their top issue. It shows how effective the brainwashing is. I assume the voters who trusted Harris on the economy more were virtually identical to the ones brainwashed that Trump is a threat to democracy.

From a conservative perspective democracy is in danger, because the FBI etc. are politicized, plus the Democrats are always seeking to get around the Constitution. But the people citing it as their number one issue were anti-Trump in this election. Conservatives would have said either the economy, crime or the border are number one for the most part.

1 posted on 11/07/2024 7:14:25 AM PST by lasereye
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Harris didnt do shit. she does not know how to spell economy much less understand it.


3 posted on 11/07/2024 7:16:41 AM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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"'Yahoo News'? Nobody's ever heard of you." -- President Donald J. Trump
4 posted on 11/07/2024 7:16:42 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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” It seemed to be a validation of a strategy for Harris in the final few days”

But she lost!


5 posted on 11/07/2024 7:16:57 AM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: lasereye

Absolute BS!


6 posted on 11/07/2024 7:18:11 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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She made gains? Delusional.


7 posted on 11/07/2024 7:18:11 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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It is scary that voters ranked democracy as their top issue. It shows how effective the brainwashing is.

Agree totally

8 posted on 11/07/2024 7:19:34 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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Who did this exit poll ? Let me guess. Madame Selzer.


9 posted on 11/07/2024 7:20:15 AM PST by libh8er
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It’s remarkable to me that most of the Dems’ media mouthpieces are simply chalking up this election result to racism and sexism... despite Trump overperforming with non-white voters.

Absurd chaos at the southern border and bacon that’s $12 a pound at the local supermarket? No, that can’t possibly matter. It’s racism and misogyny!


10 posted on 11/07/2024 7:21:46 AM PST by irishjuggler
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ROTFL! Yeah. Okay. Other concerns like 20 million foreigners living off the backs of U.S. taxpayers for THEIR significant economic gains.


11 posted on 11/07/2024 7:22:18 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Time to help the Hollowoody weirdos pack their stuff and move out! The RINOs go too!)
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“SHE” didn’t do anything period.


12 posted on 11/07/2024 7:23:51 AM PST by Openurmind
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100%. Just another example of dying media "journalism". No one, outside their echo chamber groupies, was concerned about "saving democracy". They lost because they've lost the working American. The people who do most of the living and dying here. The elitist assclowns will never understand this.

It's glorious to watch.


13 posted on 11/07/2024 7:27:37 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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Yahoo = The People’s Daily...in English.


14 posted on 11/07/2024 7:27:43 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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It seemed to be a validation of a strategy for Harris in the final few days of the campaign to focus on economic issues

No, in her final few days, she focused on abortion and other issues to drive up the liberal suburban woman vote. That actually made sense.

To the extent she was throwing her billion dollars around to also try to get an economic message out, it lacked credibility. I saw the ads - Trump is going to increase your taxes while Harris will give you a tax cut. Zero credibility.

15 posted on 11/07/2024 7:29:19 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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47%. Morons all. Next they will say that men can become women. Oh wait. They do.....


16 posted on 11/07/2024 7:31:27 AM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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I was happy to see the GOP focus on immigration, crime, inflation/economy and trans/drag queen story hours. Too many negatives for possibly any Democrat to deal with.


17 posted on 11/07/2024 7:35:06 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: lasereye

The left whines about ‘democracy’, but doesn’t accept the election results. 🤷‍♂️🤣😂


18 posted on 11/07/2024 7:36:22 AM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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I voted for Trump and worried about our system of government too. The massive influx of illegals makes we think our system of government is in grave danger. Once we lose it, it won’t come back without a terrible war, literal or not.


19 posted on 11/07/2024 7:41:45 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: cpdiii

She didn’t have any strategy other than Trump Nazi.


20 posted on 11/07/2024 7:44:33 AM PST by beaversmom
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