08-09-2020, 10:10 AM
(08-09-2020, 06:49 AM)Goalpost Wrote: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/consumer-confidence
Obviously post pandemic, a lot a has changed. But consumer sentiment pre-pandemic was on a rise before the virus. I think it's fair, you may disagree, but if the vote was just about the economy, most thought the economy would have been a tougher sell for the Dems to oust Trump on. Again, we live in a different world now. But this economic indicator about how people feel about their financial and economical situation....a monthly indicator....shows sentiment was strengthening leading up to the virus.
Which, again, was also a trend occurring before Trump took office.
It's always baffling to me how much people base their votes on the economy when who the president is has such a minimal impact on it. It's pretty consistently one of the top, if not the top thing that people base their votes on and it just goes to show how little people understand the mechanisms in place for these things.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
