Having Donald Trump in the White House has had a revolutionary effect on the economic outlook of Wisconsin’s most partisan voters, recent polling suggests.
In a flash, it has turned Republicans into rosy optimists and Democrats into dour pessimists, reversing the mood of voters in both parties. You probably didn’t need a poll to tell you that.
But the polling also tells us something more stark and fundamental about the partisan prism through which many voters see the world.
Trump’s election did more than change the expectations of Republicans and Democrats about the economy’s future performance. It altered their assessments of the economy’s actual performance. CONT.
Craig Gilbert , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel