{"id":2270402,"date":"2024-06-18T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-shouldnt-run-their-entire-campaigns-against-the-biden-economy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:28:33","slug":"republicans-shouldnt-run-their-entire-campaigns-against-the-biden-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-shouldnt-run-their-entire-campaigns-against-the-biden-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans should not base their entire campaigns solely on opposing the Biden economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-shouldnt-run-their-entire-campaigns-against-the-biden-economy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-greed-is-driving-a-lot-of-what-is-occurring-and-helps-explain-current-economic-situation\/\" title=\"Jeffries: 'Greed Is Driving a Lot of What Is Occurring' and Helps Explain Current Economic Situation\">current economic situation<\/a> in the U&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The article discusses the Republican Party&#8217;s approach \u2064to the upcoming elections, emphasizing\u2064 economic issues harking back \u2064to James Carville&#8217;s strategy during Bill Clinton&#8217;s 1992 campaign. This strategy \u200dcenters on targeting the incumbent&#8217;s failures when the\u2063 economy is performing poorly. Currently, however, \u200cthe American economy shows positive indications with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-countries-that-escaped-poverty-by-promoting-capitalism\/\" title=\"5 Countries That Escaped Poverty By Promoting Capitalism\">low unemployment rate<\/a> of 4%, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-paul-biden-is-pushing-the-inflation-production-act\/\" title=\"Ron Paul: Biden is pushing the \u2018Inflation Production Act\u2019\">decreasing inflation rate<\/a> of\u200b 3.3%, and a robust GDP\u2063 growth of 6.3% in 2023. Despite these figures, public perception remains skeptical, influenced by previous inflation spikes under Biden&#8217;s administration, now referred to as &#8220;Bidenflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans \u200care focusing on these economic factors, \u2063reflecting public discontent. However, the\u2062 article suggests that while Republicans are justified in critiquating Bidenomics, they should broaden their campaign strategy beyond just economic issues. This is premised on the idea that if public perceptions align with the \u200cpositive economic realities before the elections, and if \u2064the media continues to highlight these improvements, the Republican focus on the economy alone might not be as effective in swaying swing voters.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, while\u2064 the \u200bRepublicans are leveraging current economic displeasure, they may need to\u2063 diversify their electoral\u200d strategies and address other \u200csignificant issues to capture a broader\u2062 electorate, particularly if the economic \u2063landscape continues to improve. The narrative implies the strategic need for balance, \u2064suggesting that focusing \u200bsolely on the economy might not suffice for a decisive victory in \u200cthe upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s not <em>only <\/em>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a>, stupid. Especially when the economy may already be improving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> this year seem to be over-enamored of Democratic strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-carville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>James Carville\u2019s<\/a> wisdom from the 1992 presidential race, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/politicaldictionary.com\/words\/its-the-economy-stupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>famously insisted<\/a> that then-candidate Bill Clinton\u2019s campaign forget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">left-wing<\/a> wish lists and instead focus on the relatively weak economy under then-President George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, when the economy under your incumbent opponent is bad, it\u2019s usually true that you can defeat that incumbent by blaming him for economic woes. The reality, though, is that by historical standards, today\u2019s economy is pretty good. If perception catches up to that reality before Election Day in November, and if Republicans haven\u2019t teed up noneconomic topics as well, then the bulk of the \u201cswing voters\u201d who are sick of Republican former President Donald Trump\u2019s drama might just decide to embrace Democrats up and down the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rate right now is just 4%. Prices in the past 12 months rose just 3.3%, and that number is trending downward. Last month\u2019s prices didn\u2019t rise at all. For historical comparison, from 1970 to 2018, there was only one year (1999) when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/historical-us-unemployment-rate-by-year-7495494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unemployment<\/a> was at 4% or less while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a> was under 3.5% at the same time. And for the first 30 of those years, the federal funds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrotrends.net\/2015\/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interest rate was above (worse than) today\u2019s<\/a> 5.33% all but eight times.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the overall economy grew at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/news\/2024\/gross-domestic-product-fourth-quarter-and-year-2023-second-estimate#:~:text=Current%2Ddollar%20GDP%20increased%206.3,(tables%201%20and%203).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>robust 6.3%<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Except for the interest rates, which aren\u2019t terrible but aren\u2019t ideal either, those numbers all show a healthy economy.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, right now, the public perception is different. The public continues to reel from the Bidenomics-induced inflation of 2021 through early 2023. The dramatic two-year hike in prices for food and housing seems shocking. That\u2019s why Republicans are stressing the economy now: Quite justifiably, people <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/644750\/confidence-biden-economic-stewardship-historically-low.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>remain angry at Bidenflation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But shock doesn\u2019t last. It fades. Unlike in 1992, when the liberal media pounded home Carville\u2019s message that the economy (unemployment rate: 7.4%) was awful, the same media this year will spend the next 20 weeks highlighting low unemployment and falling inflation. If inflation remains under control as it has been for the past two months, the media\u2019s pro-Biden blitz might largely neutralize the Republican anti-Bidenomics message, even though it\u2019s too late to make the economy an outright winning issue for Biden himself.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t to say that Republicans shouldn\u2019t capitalize on the Democrats\u2019 current polling weaknesses regarding the economy. It is instead to adopt the old wisdom about having eggs in more than one basket. Rather than adopting a mono-focus on the economy, Republicans should be pushing other issues just as hard. Moreover, they need to better calibrate their message on those other issues. Too many Republicans, especially in the House, have lost touch with how to communicate with voters not already in their MAGA-besotted choir.<\/p>\n<p>Suburban voters, including but far from entirely consisting of proverbial \u201csoccer moms,\u201d remain the demographic that is <a href=\"https:\/\/ashland-collegian.com\/18011\/opinion\/suburban-women-could-make-or-break-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>most up for grabs<\/a>. Disgusted by Trump, socially centrist, and turned off by right-wing sloganeering, they aren\u2019t going to be attracted by grievance-based politics or slogans against immigrants and gender transitioners. Suburbanites are, however, worried about Biden\u2019s weak leadership and mental decline, and they are disdainful of Vice President Kamala Harris and of left-wing, social-issue crusading.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, if they don\u2019t hate illegal immigrants, they do hate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=czt_5dTgOqo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cross-border fentanyl smugglers<\/a>. If they don\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-that-will-smith-dave-chappelle-attacked-on-stage-in-la\/\" title=\"\u201cWas That Will Smith?\u201d \u2013 Dave Chappelle Attacked on Stage in LA\">hate transgender people<\/a>, they do hate schools <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/2756281\/democrats-versus-parents-bill-of-rights-myopia-or-dystopia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>keeping secrets about their own children<\/a>. If Republicans run with the right issues, rightly expressed, suburbanites will move their way.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governorship of Democratic-leaning Virginia by running on subjects suburbanites cared about, expressed in terms soccer moms appreciated. If the economy is neutralized as a campaign issue by November, as may be the case, Republicans should be ready with other Youngkin-ish messages. Otherwise, with the unpopular Trump at the top of their ticket, Republicans down the ballot will lose.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans appear overly fixated on James Carville&#8217;s 1992 advice, which emphasized economic focus for Bill Clinton&#8217;s campaign against the then-struggling economy under President Bush. 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