James Carville, It's the economy, stupid, I Was Wrong About the 2024 Election

 

I thought Kamala Harris would win. I was wrong.

I keep coming back to the same thing. We lost for one very simple reason: It was, it is, and it always will be the economy, stupid.  

Mr. Trump, for the first time in his political career, decisively won by seizing a swath of middle-class and low-income voters focused on the economy. 

Democrats have flat-out lost the economic narrative. The only path to electoral salvation is to take it back. Perception is everything in politics, and a lot of Americans perceive us as out to lunch on the economy — not feeling their pain or caring too much about other things instead.

First of all, we have got to stop making Mr. Trump himself our main focus; he can’t be elected again. 

Furthermore, it’s clear many Americans do not give a rat’s tail about Mr. Trump’s indictments — even if they are justified — or about his antidemocratic impulses or about social issues if they cannot provide for themselves or their families.

 Mr. Carville is a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s in 1992 

New York Times 2 January 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/democrats-donald-trump-economy.html

It's the economy, stupid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_economy,_stupid

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