In an election season about voter anger, one important thing is underappreciated: voter optimism. And in particular, optimism about the economy.
“Wait, what?” you may be thinking. Isn’t the election defined by the country’s “economic blues“? Isn’t the election being shaped by “anger over a ‘failed economy’“?
This is not the full story. Or even a very correct story. CONT.
John Sides (GWU), The Monkey Cage