Post

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost.com

Americans trust the Democratic Party more than Republicans “to keep the country prosperous,” marking the Democratic party’s first clear lead with voters on the economic issue in more than a decade in Gallup’s annual governance poll.

washingtonpost.comDemocrats hold big edge on economy in key poll for first time since 2012Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats have won the trust of independents when it comes to the question of which party can guarantee economic prosperity, Gallup finds.

35 reposts122 likes

Colin Jacobson
@oatsdad.bsky.social

Never made a lick of sense that US Americans trusted GOP to improve the economy. Going back DECADES, GOP always wrecks economy and then Dems fix it.

Cosmo Blue
@cosmoblue.bsky.social

It's frustrating Democrats have been telling people for decades that everyone does better with Democratic policies both the rich and the poor for less money For some reason the media doesn't promote that fact and they let Republicans go on and on about how they help the middle class but they don't

AdkRaine
@adkraine.bsky.social

Well, today’s GOP (Groping Old Pedophiles) certainly isn’t. It’s free-form theft on all the upper levels, for as long as it lasts.

Lee
@canozamer.bsky.social

This should never have been a question. Granted the Economic Policy Institute has a left of center bias, but the numbers should speak for themselves. The economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrations. www.epi.org/press/new-re...

epi.orgNew report finds that the economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrationsFor well over a decade economists and other social scientists have documented a strong advantage in economic performance during Democratic administrations. A new Economic Policy Institute report updat...