Since 2020, Joe Biden’s support among working-class voters of all races has fallen alarmingly. Here are seven ways he and his party can reverse the slide.
He’s already failing on the first bullet point and that one alone will cost him the election:
“Shut up and listen
Nearly every expert I interviewed for this article said some version of the following: If Democrats want to win back the working class, they have to go out and ask working-class people what they need.”
We can see how well he’s doing on that:
“A majority of Americans – 55% – said in the recent CNN poll that they believe Biden’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the country, while just 26% believe his policies have improved conditions. The president’s approval rating for handling the economy hasn’t broken the 40% mark since December 2021, and it currently stands at 37%.”
The problem is, the metrics he’s talking about aren’t the same metrics normal people use on a day to day basis.
Clinton nailed this 32 years ago…
“It’s the economy, stupid!”
“I feel your pain!”
But it’s easier to run on that message when you aren’t the incumbent.
Yes, things would have been demonstrably worse under 4 more years of Trump, but that’s a hypothetical staring at the reality of $5 and $6 gallons of milk.
He’s already failing on the first bullet point and that one alone will cost him the election:
“Shut up and listen
Nearly every expert I interviewed for this article said some version of the following: If Democrats want to win back the working class, they have to go out and ask working-class people what they need.”
We can see how well he’s doing on that:
“A majority of Americans – 55% – said in the recent CNN poll that they believe Biden’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the country, while just 26% believe his policies have improved conditions. The president’s approval rating for handling the economy hasn’t broken the 40% mark since December 2021, and it currently stands at 37%.”
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/politics/the-us-economy-is-doing-well-president-biden-wants-to-know-why-so-many-americans-are-still-feeling-bad/index.html
So when the working class tells him the economy is bad and they are hurting, Biden responds with:
“Look, here’s where we are. We have the fastest-growing economy in the world. The world. The world.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/politics/fact-check-biden-fastest-growing-economy-jimmy-kimmel/index.html
The problem is, the metrics he’s talking about aren’t the same metrics normal people use on a day to day basis.
Clinton nailed this 32 years ago…
“It’s the economy, stupid!”
“I feel your pain!”
But it’s easier to run on that message when you aren’t the incumbent.
Yes, things would have been demonstrably worse under 4 more years of Trump, but that’s a hypothetical staring at the reality of $5 and $6 gallons of milk.