Consumer sentiment leapt up, so
Millions of Americans got big raises and a sharp drop in prices of things they buy except without that causing job loss or business closure
OR
Public opinion of the economy is not based primarily on lived experience, but on partisanship and what they hear via media
Millions of Americans got big raises and a sharp drop in prices of things they buy except without that causing job loss or business closure
OR
Public opinion of the economy is not based primarily on lived experience, but on partisanship and what they hear via media
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The big question for the Democratic party is how to change that perception.
And that rapacious CEOs are the ticket to putting white people back on top. Again, somehow. Their brains just have maelstroms of fart sounds in place of specific details.
Wash Post, 21-NOV-2024
"Lots of Republicans suddenly think the economy wasn't that bad after all - Polling from YouGov shows a sharp shift in Republican opinions over the past month"
https://bsky.app/profile/pluribus-unum.co/post/3lbznbdjshk2w
https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/reports.php
Half of that is expectations, so it would make sense that the election results would impact that. R's expectations went up 17 points, D's went down 27 points. Independents stayed about the same.