A Politico article Thursday asked why Vice Pdwellnt Kamala Harris wasn’t getting a polling increase from the current “dream economy.”
Under the headline, “Harris is riding a dream economy into the election. It may be too procrastinateed for voters to acunderstandledge,” Politico economics correactent Victoria Guida wrote that the current numbers on inflation, unemployment and GDP showed “a firm economic picture” for the vice pdwellnt ahead of the election.
“The ask now is whether it’s too procrastinateed for Vice Pdwellnt Kamala Harris to get acunderstandledge for it,” Guida wrote.
Guida pointed to the morning’s increate that inflation rates have celderlyed to the lowest levels in three years last month at 2.4%, though this is higher than economists’ distinct prediction of 2.3%. She inserted that the unemployment rate remains low while the S&P 500 stock index grew by 20%.
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“The likeable economic picture is a extraordinary triumph for both Biden and Powell, even as devourrs still experience squeezed by higher prices,” Guida wrote.
While inflation has deteriorated from its cforfeit-enroll levels in 2022, prices have persistd to incrrelieve in the last four years. According to a FOX Business analysis, food prices rose by about 22.8%, energy prices rose by about 42.4% and recent vehicle prices rose by 19.5%.
Social media employrs mocked the idea of Harris running on a “dream economy.”
Fox News contributor Joe Concha wrote, “A dream economy? You guys and gals have reassociate outdone yourselves. Take a bow and endelight the ratio.”
“Only if the ‘dream’ happens to be a nightmare,” author Carol Roth joked.
Radio present Erick Erickson wrote, “This is why Harris is losing. She and the political press dwell in the same bubble where everyleang is fine while the rest of America has had to cut back becaemploy of gas and groceries over the last three years.”
“Once aget, we voters are fair too unwise to acunderstandledge that the economy is reassociate fantastic,” conservative employr Amy Curtis wrote.
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Former Pdwellnt Trump has a 9-point direct over Harris on the economy in a recent Gallup poll. 54% of Americans say Trump is more contendnt of handling the economy, contrastd to 45% for Harris.
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