As the Great Recession recedes into the past and the 2016 campaign begins to gain momentum, one of the biggest issues for the race may be whether America’s best days are behind it or still ahead.
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found a remarkable shift on the question of whether or not America is in decline. … If you break down the “decline” question by party affiliation, you see big differences among Democrats, Republicans and independents. Democrats see the country on the upswing, while Republicans don’t. …
The WSJ/NBC poll’s split on whether America is decline [sic] raises interesting strategy questions for the coming 2016 presidential race. Do the candidates talk about the country sliding into a worse situation, or pulling ahead to brighter days? CONT.
Dante Chinni (American U.), Wall Street Journal