One thing i see in the poll reported at
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/08/11215356 ... -elections, once again, is that a majority think Republicans are better for the economy. i just have to shake my head every time i see that. History provides no basis for thinking that is the case. The Great Depression started when a Republican was President and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress.
Thinking Trump was the reason the economy was decent during the first three years of his term is ridiculous. It was just as decent during the previous 7 years when Obama was President. And the turnaround happened during Obama's administration rather than during Trump's.
The economy was great when Reagan was President. But the best economy of my 1957 - present lifetime was the one in place while Bill Clinton was President.
I just don't get how people who have been alive for any substantial period can perceive the Republicans as being better on the economy based on what they've lived through.
i used to vote Republican all the time. But it was for other reasons. I never thought the idea that they are better on the economy is valid. I think they have primitive, simplistic notions with respect to that issue. I think that if they had gotten their way over the past 100 years this country's economy would be a disaster. We have the economy we do largely because Democrats have been successful in having the government regulate it.
I think the Great Depression is the poster child for what to expect when Republicans get everything they want in terms of economic policy.
You literally quoted a poll of Brandon v Trump 2024.
