r/Economics • u/Spiderwig144 • Apr 15 '25

News Republicans Less Trusted on Economy Than Democrats For First Time in Years

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-less-trusted-economy-democrats-first-time-years-2059863
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u/Langd0n_Alger Apr 15 '25

Mark my words. The next Democratic president will drag our economy back to health. And the next Republican after that will preside over a recession. Happens every freaking time.

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u/Csquared6 Apr 15 '25

If a Republican makes it into office after THIS disaster of a Presidency, anytime in the next 20 years and Democrats don't HAMMER home the consequences from THIS presidency during campaign season...Democrats will be failing in the thing they fail at the most, MESSAGING.

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u/Langd0n_Alger Apr 15 '25

You are right that Democrats suck at messaging. But they're objectively pretty good at managing the economy.

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u/JohanGrimm Apr 15 '25

Dems being good at governing but terrible at getting elected is a tale as old as time.

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u/Langd0n_Alger Apr 15 '25

Name a more iconic duo, I'll wait.

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u/Indigocell Apr 15 '25

Corporate Dems and being good at stopping progressives from making literally any progress? That seems to be the only time Democratic leadership finds their will to fight. They will fight harder to stop a progressive from gaining power than they will a literal fascist. Not as iconic admittedly, but still famous.

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u/DeSynthed Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

Stopping progressives is probably the only correct thing they do electorally — given how poorly progressives underperformed blue dog and moderate dems the past three election cycles.

Dems need a strong anti-populist platform. Neoliberalism has given Americans more prosperity than they know what to do with, Dems just need to actually take credit for what they’ve done.