President Donald Trump and his campaign strategists are clearly focusing his reelection campaign largely on the premise that Trump is a highly competent leader who has kept his promises and completed a long list of accomplishments. Much of Trump’s reelection website is given over to “Promises Kept,” with detailed descriptions of what he has done in office, category by category. Adding force to the message, the lead headline on the official White House website is “President Trump Delivers 3 Years of Record-Breaking Results.”
Many of these touted accomplishments are economic in nature. …
It isn’t clear, however, just how well economic success transfers to perceived competency. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup