Economy News For The First Time In Ages, Democrats Are Competitive On The Economy

Why the economy has that ‘weird feeling of something you like getting worse’: One of America’s top legal theorists on ‘the age of extraction’

"My understanding of America is that it's the place where things are supposed to get better," Columbia Law School's Tim Wu told Fortune. Read More

Key takeaways: Trump looms over every race, while Democrats win on the economy

Democratic wins in Tuesday’s elections gave the party a sorely needed burst of momentum ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The party came in favored in races for Virginia and New Jersey governor, ... Read More

Carville urges Democrats to run on ‘pure economic rage’

Democratic strategist James Carville is pushing Democrats to run on “pure economic rage” in an opinion piece for The New York Times. “It is abundantly clear even to me that the Democratic Party ... Read More

It's the Economy, Not the East Wing, Stupid

The Democratic Party has reason to celebrate for the first time since President Donald Trump defiantly won reelection to a nonconsecutive term last year. Since then, the opposition party has been ... Read More

Democrats Think Trump Is Vulnerable on the Economy. They’re Wrong.

The Democratic Party is in crisis. In November, they lost the Senate, failed to retake the House, and lost the presidential popular vote for the first time in two decades. Long-term trends don’t look ... Read More

Economic anxiety grows under Trump, creating a new political liability for the GOP

Democrats were swept out of power last year as they suffered political pain from rising costs. Now, President Donald Trump is overseeing stubborn inflation, a slowing job market and anxiety over his ... Read More

CBS News poll finds rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

Voters in Virginia and New Jersey send a message: It's Trump's economy now

The economy and rising prices were high on the minds of voters on Election Day, and those concerns contributed to a Democratic sweep of statewide offices in Virginia and New Jersey ... Read More

Polls show Americans don't trust Democrats on crime, economy. And for good reason. | Opinion

Democrats have been critical of President Donald Trump for a dismal August jobs report and calling in the National Guard to dampen crime in Washington, DC, but the American people still trust the ... Read More

Democrats Pin Election Hopes on Discontent With Trump’s Economy

Democrats are pinning their Election Day hopes on an age-old political strategy: make the race about the economy. They see an opening because President Trump, who promised to use his business savvy to ... Read More