Opinion: If Harris falls short, blame Democrats and the media on this issue
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: If Harris falls short, blame Democrats and the media on this issue

LA Times  

The Harris-Biden economy is “firing on all cylinders” despite the pandemic and policy mess Trump handed them. Here’s one that’s certain to be cited if Kamala Harris loses: the perception among many voters, even those with no love for Donald Trump, that he’d be a better manager of the economy. And yet, just over a week earlier, the Journal reported this consensus from economists: Inflation, interest rates and federal deficits would be significantly higher under Trump than Harris, based on the candidates’ policy proposals. Why has no one noticed?” Democrats have abandoned the term “Bidenomics,” yet in time — much like “Obamacare” — they’ll embrace it, I’ll wager. Democrats should have taken a page from Trump, who put his name on federal stimulus checks that Congress created at COVID-19’s height, leaving some voters to credit him to this day.

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Voter frustration with rising prices had a major impact on the election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Voter frustration with rising prices had a major impact on the election

NPR  

Voter frustration with rising prices had a major impact on the election We look at the impact of inflation on the outcome of the presidential elections this week. Maziar Minovi, who heads the Eurasia Group, has studied dozens of elections going back decades and found whenever there's a sustained period of high inflation, voters are twice as likely to lose …

What went wrong for Harris? Experts weigh in
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What went wrong for Harris? Experts weigh in

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Economy, immigration, incumbency: As the dust just begins to settle on a brutal US election campaign, experts have highlighted key headwinds that contributed to why Kamala Harris failed to block Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House. Economic malaise Democratic strategist James Carville famously explained Bill Clinton's win in 1992 with the phrase "The economy, stupid!" Thirty years later, …

Inflation May Have Cost Kamala Harris The White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Inflation May Have Cost Kamala Harris The White House

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Higher consumer prices may be the single biggest contributing factor to the resounding defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris by former president Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election. The Republican former president closed in on a new term in the White House early Nov. 6, 2024, just needing a handful of electoral votes to defeat Democratic Vice …

'Could not outrun the Biden economy': CNN panel lays blame for Harris' bad night
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Could not outrun the Biden economy': CNN panel lays blame for Harris' bad night

Raw Story  

A CNN roundtable on Tuesday debated the apparent strong performance of former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, following his apparent locking down of North Carolina — and the subject turned to how voters perceive the economy. "The other thing about North Carolina, you do have kind of a sense of the country in the state of North Carolina, …

Housing is expensive. Here’s how Harris and Trump promise to bring costs down
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Housing is expensive. Here’s how Harris and Trump promise to bring costs down

NPR  

Here’s how Harris and Trump promise to bring costs down toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump don’t agree on much, but they do on one thing: The cost of housing is too high. With prices so high, down payment assistance for first-time buyers “can really help people …

There’s a Reason Harris’ Campaign Is Locked in on Quick Fixes
2 months, 1 week ago

There’s a Reason Harris’ Campaign Is Locked in on Quick Fixes

Politico  

Investment has surged in factory construction, but most of the jobs they could yield don’t exist yet. “If I’m not focused on bringing down your prices, you don’t want to hear step 2 or step 3,” a Harris adviser told me. “It’s a live experiment we’re running,” Jennifer Harris, a former aide in the Biden White House, told me. And …

Harris now tied with Trump on who voters think will best handle inflation
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris now tied with Trump on who voters think will best handle inflation

The Independent  

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Kamala Harris will struggle to beat Trump on the economy when she lacks a big idea
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kamala Harris will struggle to beat Trump on the economy when she lacks a big idea

The Telegraph  

The big idea was that she would boost domestic manufacturing as a bulwark against cheap Chinese imports, with a focus on “the sectors that will define the next century”, including biomanufacturing, semiconductors and aerospace engineering. The hope from Ms Harris’s coterie of economic advisers, many of whom were inherited from Mr Biden’s campaign, is that a focus on factory production …

The one Harris comment Trump and his allies have spent $38 million for voters to see
3 months, 1 week ago

The one Harris comment Trump and his allies have spent $38 million for voters to see

CNN  

CNN — On an August afternoon last year in Washington, Kamala Harris appeared at a retail village to promote the Biden administration’s economic record. A third ad from the Trump campaign, launched last week and already backed by more than $3 million, opens with the clip of Harris saying that “Bidenomics is working,” before a narrator cuts in with “It’s …

How Kamala Harris defeated the vibecession.
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Kamala Harris defeated the vibecession.

Slate  

All year, the most troubling issue facing the Democratic Party has been the economy. Harris still has plenty of work to do—the public consensus remains in Trump’s favor—but a positive shift in attitudes is showing up across different measures of economic sentiment. The University of Michigan recorded a one-month improvement of nearly 5 percentage points in the August edition of …

Biden And Harris Both Cite The Economy As A Success — But Voters Believe Harris More
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden And Harris Both Cite The Economy As A Success — But Voters Believe Harris More

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The same economic statistics, essentially the same economic message — the only difference is that Vice President Kamala Harris is having considerably better success selling them to Americans as she runs for president than did her boss and the sitting president, Joe Biden. “Packaged differently and different messenger,” said Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, …

It's not the economy, stupid: Why Kamala Harris should focus on everything else
3 months, 3 weeks ago

It's not the economy, stupid: Why Kamala Harris should focus on everything else

Salon  

When Kamala Harris sat down for her first interview since Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign, the initial subject she chose to discuss was her economic agenda. The latest ABC/Washington Post/Ipsos poll highlights an enormous turnaround on the question of which candidate has the physical health to serve as president, for example, with Harris enjoying a 56 to 26 percent …

Trump taps two white male senators to rip into Kamala Harris outside Democratic convention
4 months ago

Trump taps two white male senators to rip into Kamala Harris outside Democratic convention

Raw Story  

CHICAGO — The Donald Trump campaign kicked off its presence at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a press conference from two prominent Republican senators ripping the soon-to-be-official Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on everything from minimal media presence to a lack of business expertise. Surrounded by poster boards showing “price increases since Kamala Harris took office,” Johnson said …

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump's economic attacks
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump's economic attacks

New Indian Express  

Harris isn't looking for any radical departures from President Joe Biden, who stepped down from the race last month and endorsed her. Some of Trump’s economic advisers offered further rebuttals to Harris' plans before she spoke on Friday, with Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the former president's campaign, calling them representative of a “socialist and authoritarian model.” Kevin Hassett, a …

FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris’ economic agenda
4 months, 1 week ago

FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris’ economic agenda

Associated Press  

Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her economic agenda in a speech Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lowering the cost of insulin and prescription drugs HARRIS: “I’ll lower the cost of insulin and prescription drugs for everyone.” THE FACTS: Harris made this promise while referencing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which allows Medicare to negotiate medication costs directly with drug …

Harris has offered a string of new economic proposals. Here's a closer look at what's in them
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris has offered a string of new economic proposals. Here's a closer look at what's in them

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is out with a string of new economic proposals focused on food prices, taxes, housing and medical costs that she says will empower the middle class. She also wants a $40 billion innovation fund — doubling a similar pot of money created by the Biden administration — for businesses building affordable rental housing units. …

Harris has offered a string of new economic proposals. Here's a closer look at what's in them
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris has offered a string of new economic proposals. Here's a closer look at what's in them

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is out with a string of new economic proposals focused on food prices, taxes, housing and medical costs that she says will empower the middle class. Here's a closer look at what's in them {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The plans constitute the first major policy proposals that Harris has released in the nearly four …

Kamala Harris’ Big Economic Speech Breaks With Biden And Continues His Legacy
4 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris’ Big Economic Speech Breaks With Biden And Continues His Legacy

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, arrive to speak about the administration's efforts to lower costs during an event at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, on Thursday. Susan Walsh via Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris will propose a ban on price gouging by food companies, along with incentives to build new …

Harris to unveil plan for U.S. economy in major policy rollout
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris to unveil plan for U.S. economy in major policy rollout

Raw Story  

Kamala Harris is expected to take on companies unfairly jacking up prices as she sets out her economic agenda Friday in her first major policy announcement as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. Harris's first economic proposal -- to not tax tips -- perplexed some Democrats, who mocked the proposal as a "ploy" for votes after Trump first floated something similar. …

What economic challenges await Kamala Harris as US president hopeful?
4 months, 1 week ago

What economic challenges await Kamala Harris as US president hopeful?

Al Jazeera  

Economists expect Harris to pivot her economic policies to the centre to appeal to voters in swing states. As Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris overtakes her Republican opponent Donald Trump in opinion polls – she is now leading in five crucial swing states – experts warn she will face “a heavy road” when it comes to passing economic legislation should …

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the economy at a campaign event at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday. Some of Trump’s economic advisors offered further rebuttals to Harris’ plans before she spoke Friday, with Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the former president’s campaign, calling them representative of a “socialist and authoritarian model.” Kevin Hassett, a former …

Harris to unveil plan for US economy in major policy rollout
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris to unveil plan for US economy in major policy rollout

New Indian Express  

RALEIGH: Kamala Harris is expected to take on companies unfairly jacking up prices as she sets out her economic agenda Friday in her first major policy announcement as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. The vice president, who replaced President Joe Biden atop the ticket last month, has been carried by surging enthusiasm, bolstered by new government figures this week showing …

Whoever can finally coin an effective economic message could win the White House
4 months, 1 week ago

Whoever can finally coin an effective economic message could win the White House

CNN  

CNN — Voters keep telling pollsters that their economic insecurities are the biggest issue in the 2024 election. “Hard-working Americans are suffering because of the Harris-Biden Administration’s dangerously liberal policies,” Trump’s campaign said in a statement announcing his appearance in Asheville, North Carolina, for a major speech on the economy on Wednesday afternoon. The next day, Harris will deliver a …

Harris freshens up her message on the economy as Trump and Republicans go after her on inflation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris freshens up her message on the economy as Trump and Republicans go after her on inflation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — All of a sudden it’s Kamala Harris ' economy — a major opportunity as well as a possible risk for the likely Democratic presidential nominee. “Vice President Harris owns this administration’s record,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “Her fingerprints are all over the past four years of failure.” Past and current officials who worked with Harris …

Harris will carry Biden’s economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris will carry Biden’s economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A key question is looming for Vice President Kamala Harris as she edges closer to gaining the Democratic presidential nomination: Can she turn the Biden-Harris economic record into a political advantage in a way that President Joe Biden failed to do? Chris Jackson, head of polling at Ipsos Public Affairs, said he blames the cumulative jump in average …

Biden’s Economic Message Failed With Voters. Can Harris Do Better?
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden’s Economic Message Failed With Voters. Can Harris Do Better?

Politico  

But with Harris’ late entry into the presidential race, that vision has been given a sudden bolt of electricity, and her 2021 pitch is a window into her potential economic agenda if she inherits the Oval Office. “I think she will prioritize these issues in a more authentic and enthusiastic way than we’ve seen before,” said Vicki Shabo, a longtime …

Biden sells economic strength, but voters aren't buying yet
11 months, 1 week ago

Biden sells economic strength, but voters aren't buying yet

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden has good news to sell on the economy as he seeks reelection in November but voters don't seem to be buying it. With the political wisdom saying that US elections are won on "the economy, stupid" -- as the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign famously said -- Mr. Biden could have been forgiven for thinking the economy …

VoteCast: Inflation top concern, but democracy a worry too
2 years, 1 month ago

VoteCast: Inflation top concern, but democracy a worry too

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Just as Republicans had hoped, high inflation was the top consideration for voters in the midterm elections, AP VoteCast shows. A slim majority of voters say Biden’s policies caused inflation to be near 40-year highs, while just under half are blaming factors beyond his control, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nearly two-thirds of GOP voters say they …

Two thirds of voters say their incomes are falling behind the cost of living
2 years, 3 months ago

Two thirds of voters say their incomes are falling behind the cost of living

Daily Mail  

Nearly two thirds of U.S. adults say their incomes are falling behind the cost of living, and grocery bills have surpassed mortgage repayments for some, as the economy remains a key issue for voters in the upcoming midterm elections. U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August, with an 8.3 percent increase against the previous year, and underlying inflation accelerated amid …

How inflation is influencing politics in a bellwether Florida county
2 years, 4 months ago

How inflation is influencing politics in a bellwether Florida county

NPR  

How inflation is influencing politics in a bellwether Florida county Enlarge this image toggle caption Asma Khalid/NPR Asma Khalid/NPR ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Americans consistently say the economy is their biggest concern — specifically, the soaring cost of living. "I have a master's degree, six years of experience and two jobs, and I don't feel like I can just, like, …

US inflation surges again in June, raising risks for economy
2 years, 5 months ago

US inflation surges again in June, raising risks for economy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation surged to a new four-decade high in June because of rising prices for gas, food and rent, squeezing household budgets and pressuring the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively -- trends that raise the risk of a recession. The government’s consumer price index soared 9.1% over the past year, the biggest yearly increase since 1981, …

Inflation adds to voters' frustrations in a key congressional district
2 years, 8 months ago

Inflation adds to voters' frustrations in a key congressional district

NPR  

Inflation adds to voters' frustrations in a key congressional district Enlarge this image toggle caption Asma Khalid/NPR Asma Khalid/NPR Lisa Palmer feels like she spends $100 at the grocery store but walks out with only $70 worth of food. Sponsor Message "Voters have been in a really ornery mood," said Lanae Erickson, senior vice president at the centrist Democratic think …

AP-NORC poll: Low marks for Biden on economy as prices rise
2 years, 8 months ago

AP-NORC poll: Low marks for Biden on economy as prices rise

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans say they don’t blame President Joe Biden for high gasoline prices, but they’re giving his economic leadership low marks amid fears of inflation and deep pessimism about economic conditions. Yet less than half say the jump in gas prices is Biden’s fault, a reflection of how the country is processing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s …

Biden hits a new low in the NPR/Marist poll as inflation concerns rise
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden hits a new low in the NPR/Marist poll as inflation concerns rise

NPR  

Biden hits a new low in the NPR/Marist poll as inflation concerns rise Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Americans' most pressing economic concern is inflation, and it's contributing to a decline in how they view President Biden, according to a new NPR/Marist poll. How Americans view Biden's job overall mirrors …

Inflation fears and politics shape views of Biden economy
3 years, 4 months ago

Inflation fears and politics shape views of Biden economy

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Republican lawmakers have attacked the Biden administration over inflation as the country reopened from …

Inflation fears and politics shape views of Biden economy
3 years, 4 months ago

Inflation fears and politics shape views of Biden economy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is banking on the idea of making life more affordable for middle-class families — and that’s where the recent bout of inflation poses both a political and an economic risk. “We don’t have another example of the last time we reopened a $20 trillion economy,” Powell told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee …

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