This week brought another wave of good economic news for American workers – more jobs and less unemployment – and the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows just how important those numbers are to the Trump White House with 2020 approaching. CONT. Dante Chinni, NBC News Read more »
Trump is struggling despite a strong economy. Here’s why.
We learned Friday that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest rate since 1969 at 3.6%. The economy added another 263,000 jobs. This capped a week in which President Donald Trump received his highest economic approval rating in any CNN poll at 56%. In other words, the economy is […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in April
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved in April, after decreasing in March. The Index now stands at 129.2 (1985=100), up from 124.2 in March. … “Consumer Confidence partially rebounded in April, following March’s decline, but still remains below levels seen last Fall,” said Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic […] Read more »
Harvard IOP Youth Poll: Generational conflict between young voters and Baby Boomers is brewing
Ahead of tonight’s youth-focused CNN Town Hall event co-hosted by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School, the IOP released new findings from the Harvard IOP Youth Poll. For nearly twenty years, the Harvard Public Opinion Project has provided the most comprehensive look at the political opinions, voting […] Read more »
If Trump Country Soars, Will the President Glide to a Second Term?
In small but politically significant ways, the economy under President Trump has favored regions and constituencies that supported him in 2016. These are the men and women whom Trump called forgotten Americans. The emerging pattern of economic growth reverses a trend that held from the 2008 recession to 2016, in […] Read more »
Healthcare Once Again Tops List of Americans’ Worries
Fifty-five percent of Americans worry “a great deal” about the availability and affordability of healthcare, topping Gallup’s list of potentially worrisome issues for the fifth straight year. A majority of Americans have said they worry a great deal about healthcare in each of the 18 years the question has been […] Read more »