Posted on 08/23/2024 9:11:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
As Vice President Kamala Harris ramps up her campaign, she has targeted key traditionally Democratic constituencies such as Hispanics, black Americans, and women to bolster her cause, but with the economy top of mind for most voters, she will face a daunting task of convincing those who remember the Trump economy to put their trust in her on the issue.
Trump and Harris put out their competing economic agendas in recent weeks with Trump particularly focusing on his past record in office. He has repeatedly highlighted economic statistics showing record unemployment among certain minority groups, as well as job and wage growth during his tenure.
Harris, by contrast, is largely stuck with the Biden administration’s economic record, which has seen considerable price increases and drawn poor ratings from the public. To be sure, Harris can point to record-breaking performances on key stock indices and a handful of other positive metrics, but the “Bidenomics” message did not resonate with voters and the president currently boasts an average 38.6% approval rating on the economy, according to RealClearPolitics. A further 58.5% disapprove of the administration’s handling of the issue.
The RCP averages don’t break down Biden’s job approval by demographics. Though certain groups may vary in their estimation of the nation’s economic well being, the relatively poor public view of the economy overall is likely to translate to some extent within specific subsets of the population.
The Trump and Harris campaigns face different hurdles in pitching their economic records. For Harris, inflation is the albatross around her neck that undercuts many of the relatively positive topline economic data under the current administration. For Trump, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic plays that role.
Trump’s own sales pitch on the economy has largely ignored the pandemic and pointed to his stewardship of American markets under...
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But...but....Mean Tweets!
Neither of those groups has shown the ability to consider policy, not personna.
Someone needs to explain how the pandemic was a Trump policy. Are we supposed to think there’ll be another pandemic if Trump’s President again?
But she is running against her very own policies??
“As she courts women and minorities, Harris faces harsh reality they fared well in Trump economy”
True, but as I recall most of them voted for Biden.
So far, in the last 4 days Kamala has offered to pay off my student loans, pay off my medical debt and put me on Medicare free of charge, buy me a house by posting the down payment, supply me with internet for my backwoods cabin, subsidize my purchase of an electric putt putt, and pay me to have a kid, In exchange, all I have to do is give her my gas stove, What’s not to like?. lol
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