Almost 30 million people are now collecting unemployment benefits. Yet President Trump still gets relatively high marks for his handling of the economy. As Republicans focus on “opportunity” at their convention Tuesday, the economy remains one of the president’s strongest selling points. …
“What’s going on is the memory of the economy before the pandemic,” says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. He believes many Americans are still judging Trump by the economy as it was six months ago, before the coronavirus took hold here. …
Trump may also be getting a pass on the economy because Americans are more concerned with other problems, including race relations and especially the pandemic itself. CONT.
Scott Horsley, NPR News