… While most of the debate nationally still revolves around why the economy remains so pathetic, there are several pivotal states — Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Virginia — where things are slowly turning around. In these states, the real issue may not be who deserves blame for economic ruin but rather […] Read more »
‘Are You Better Off?’ The Answer Is Less Clear Than It Was in 1980
When Ronald Reagan asked voters a week before the 1980 election whether they were better off than four years earlier, he turned a race that had been nip-and-tuck for months into a landslide victory — and showed how a pointed question can be a lethal political weapon. … But if […] Read more »
Are You Better Off Without Dumb Campaign Questions?
“Are you better off than you were four years ago?” That’s the question Ronald Reagan famously used in 1980 to end Jimmy Carter’s hopes for a second term as U.S. president. And that’s the question Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want on your mind this week as you watch […] Read more »
Economic Confidence in August Ties 2012 Low
The Gallup Economic Confidence Index registered -27 in August, matching the prior monthly low for the year, recorded in January. [cont.] Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Economic ups and downs of the presidency
… Here is a look at how the stock market and unemployment rate during President Obama’s time in the White House stack up against recent incumbent presidents vying for a second term. [cont.] Karen Yourish and Laura Stanton, Washington Post Read more »
The Cost of Living Blues
… Voters in a Pew survey released on Aug. 22 place more of the responsibility for the nation’s economic problems on Congress, on financial institutions, on corporations, on the Bush administration and on foreign competition than they do on the Obama administration. The central goal of the Romney campaign over […] Read more »