> "Less than a week from the election, the economy/inflation/wages is still the top category on which voters say they choose candidates. That outranks abortion/reproductive rights about 2 to 1, with border/immigration the third-biggest concern. Economic issues heavily outranked abortion among men (57% to 21%), women (53-28), Republicans (55-13) and Democrats (55-33)."
Ouch, that bodes ill for the Democratic candidates since they seem focused on other issues. It's been said before (by the Democrats so they should have known better) but it bears saying again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_economy,_stupid
Trump has eaten away at the Republican's (entirely unearned and undeserved) historical advantage on the economy, to the point that Harris has drawn equal to him on voter confidence on that topic, so without diving deeper, it's not clear that worries about "the economy" is a Republican advantage today.
Disagree insofar as they have been talking plenty about the economy, but it's hard to dominate the conversation when the other side leans heavily on fallacies, hyperbole, or outright untruths. As well,most voters are not rational calculators and tend to contrast the present with a somewhat fictionalized version of the past shaded brighter or darker by their feelings about the previous administration.
Also there are so many pro and semi pro 'influencers' online now. Debate has become an occupation rather than a search for truth. You might persuade some onlookers by conversing or arguing with someone, but it's not uncommon to see arguments about factual matters settled conclusively only for the incorrect party to go right back to spreading false claims within days or hours.
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 20.7 ms ] threadOuch, that bodes ill for the Democratic candidates since they seem focused on other issues. It's been said before (by the Democrats so they should have known better) but it bears saying again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_economy,_stupid
Also there are so many pro and semi pro 'influencers' online now. Debate has become an occupation rather than a search for truth. You might persuade some onlookers by conversing or arguing with someone, but it's not uncommon to see arguments about factual matters settled conclusively only for the incorrect party to go right back to spreading false claims within days or hours.