A poll conducted by CNN following the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris found that the number of voters who trust Trump on the issue of the economy increased from 16 percent to 20 percent. And that’s not good news for Harris for a number of reasons. Considering the fact that her economic policies are essentially the same as Biden’s, Americans aren’t going to be on board with with how she plans to tackle the issues that have made their lives more difficult. She’s really just doubling down on policies that Biden has already been putting into action over the last four years.
Voters have made it clear they aren’t supportive of the current direction that Biden-Harris have been taking the country by giving them a poor approval rating. This isn’t being overblown. People really do hate Bidenomics. Going to the grocery store has become more painful and terrifying than a trip to the dentist. More and more of our paychecks are disappearing due to inflation, higher taxation, and astronomical prices for goods and services. If these problems are a result of Biden’s policies, why would Americans want more of the same? And that’s what Harris is offering.
Here’s more from The Daily Wire:
CNN’s Jake Tapper introduced the poll by saying to CNN political director David Chalian, “The first results of our instant poll of debate-watchers have just come in and David Chalian is going to join us now to break it all down. David, tell us more.”
“Yeah, Jake, and as you noted, this is a poll of debate watchers,” Chalian stated at the beginning of the segment. “This is not a poll that represents the overall population, although in partisan breakdown it is pretty close to what the overall registered population looks like in the country.”
Later in the broadcast, Chalian showed the result when debate-watchers were asked whom they trusted more on the economy, Trump or Harris, and found that although Trump led Harris by 16 points before the debate, 53%-37%, after the debate, Trump’s lead soared to 20%, 55%-35%.
During the debate, the former president said, “We’ve had a terrible economy because inflation has — which is really known as a country buster. It breaks up countries. We have inflation like very few people have ever seen before. Probably the worst in our nation’s history. … everybody knows I’m an open book. Everybody knows what I’m going to do. Cut taxes very substantially. And create a great economy like I did before. We had the greatest economy.”
The fact the economy is the number one issue of concern for Americans has been reported on time and time again in the media:
September 10: CBS News: “About 8 in 10 adults tell CBS News that the economy is a major factor in their choice at the polls, outpacing issues such as abortion and climate change.”
The Economist/YouGov poll, August 11-13: 73% of those polled said jobs and the economy were very important to them, far surpassing any other issue.
July 30: Statista: “A survey conducted in July 2024 found that the most important issue for 25 percent of Americans was inflation and prices. A further ten percent of respondents were most concerned about jobs and the economy.”
March 6: Data For Progress noted that between July 2023 to February 2024, inflation “held the top spot for the majority of the time” among issues important to voters.
Why are so many Americans putting their trust in Trump and his economic policies? Because they want to support actual solutions to high inflation and other factors that are impacting their bottom line and decreasing their quality of life. Under Harris, this is impossible, as she’s just going to keep doing the same things Biden did, which have been a complete disaster.