With less than a month to go before the U.S. elections, the American economy is in arguably in the best shape it has been prior to any presidential contest in recent history. Unemployment is at a more than two decade low.
Vice President Harris is releasing a new ad targeting Latinos in battleground states, focusing on her cost-of-living proposals. “Hard Work” will air in all battlegrounds with state-specific intros as part of the campaign’s $370 million investment in TV and digital ads in the final weeks of the campaign.
The economy is the top issue on the minds of voters this election, and inflation is their top economic concern.
Most voters likely don’t even follow the overall economic trends, let alone one month’s data, he said. Instead, their views on the economy are shaped by how far their dollars are stretching today compared to recent times. That track record isn’t great nowadays.
Corey Lewandowski, a Trump campaign senior adviser, discusses how people would be able to measure an improved economy if former President Donald Trump is elected. Lewandowski says Trump would like to talk more about policy,
More Americans think the economy would fare better under former President Trump than Vice President Harris in a new survey, even as many economists say they expect higher inflation and slower
Kamala Harris' campaign highlighted one of Donald Trump's answers he gave to an all-female audience at Wednesday town hall after he was asked about inflation — and responded by talking about "donuts." Host Harris Faulkner asked how Trump would bring down inflation — and pointed out it was already on the decline.
Vice President Harris is working to garner male support ahead of the election and is also doing her first interview with Fox News tomorrow. Democratic strategist Don Calloway and former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to VP Pence Olivia Troye join José Díaz-Balart to weigh in.
The outlook for inflation and growth in the US would be roughly the same whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the election, though economists in a Bloomberg survey give the vice president the edge on the economy overall.
Latinos across North Texas pointed to reproductive rights and bridging political divides as major issues this election season — but by and large, many say the economy is their biggest concern.
Harris says her proposals would help low- and middle-income workers. Trump says he would expand tax cuts, impose tariffs.