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Because your taking things that are largely global market based and applying them to a president.
Median incomes are up, credit scores are up, unemployment has been dropping, the stock market has largely been steady, inflation and rent prices are plateuing .
Last year when The Fed started raising interest rates every economist predicted we were headed for recession, yet by every economic indicator the economy has been shockingly resilient, and has been moving in a positive direction despite the average voters "feeling" like its not
Obviously things are tougher now than they were pre pandemic, especially for renters, but those issues were coming regardless of who won the election.
Compared to rest of the world, the US economy is incredibly strong
Comment by bl1y at 07/11/2023 at 15:53 UTC
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Because that's what people care about when voting. They want results, not excuses.
And in terms of messaging "the economy is doing great" is utterly unpersuasive to people who are not themselves doing great. If it's doing great, then the people who are doing well can vote on that basis, and people who aren't wont.