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It’s the economy stupid. That, of course, was the mantra in 92

This year’s mantra is “Its the left behind’s stupid.”

That’s what people, including pundits, refuse to see.

It’s not they are necessarily for Trump. But they are really struggling financially

Yes there is racism misogynist some blindness, etc. But the real issue are the people who are having a hard time keeping up, through no fault of their own

St Francis said “Understand rather than try to be understood.”

Or for those that want to stay on the old message, “How’s that working for you?”

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Agree. And when Harris says she would have done nothing different from Biden, that was the proverbial icing on the cake. The overall economy (macro) is just fine by just about every measure and inflation has dropped to about 2.5%. But for the 40% of the population who have $400 or less in savings and feel insecure in their job and struggle to pay bills, buy gas, and put food on the table, the macro economy doesn't mean a thing. They don't care about the stock market either as they have little if any investments like that. Messaging by the Ds utterly ignored or failed in this area.

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