The Trump economy is really good if you are an American billionaire or millionaire. The further down the profit tree you go, the worse the economy is perceived to be. For people living on a fixed income or paycheck to paycheck, the ever-rising prices of basic necessities besides gasoline have made the situation worse.
Polls ask a lot of the usual questions about approval and disapproval, but they don’t often ask people their opinions or divide people by income in very specific ways.
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Surveys often divide respondents into those earning more or less than $50,000.
The media has bought into the Republican narrative that there is a “blue-collar wall” or that low-income workers support Republicans and Trump, and that is a problem Democrats must overcome if they want to win midterm elections.
The idea that blue-collar workers support Trump is an example of how the media and political parties are learning the wrong lesson from voter behavior.
Did blue-collar and low-income people support Trump more in 2024 because of what he proposed, or did they support Trump because they were unhappy with the status quo of the economy and wanted change?
A new Emerson poll suggests that workers who live paycheck to paycheck are more concerned about their economic situation than supporters of Trumpism.
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