Elections

As the elections approach and people get serious about how they will vote, some call on the old Reagan question, are you better off now than you were two years ago. Look at the data. Inflation, which was at 1.4% is now at 8.3%. Illegal border crossings were 50,000 per month and are now 200,000 per month. After years of decline, crime has risen and in particular violent crime with murders up 30%. Low and middle income people saw their wages go from gaining 4% per year to losing 3% per year. Deaths from fentanyl have increased from 30,000 per year to 77,000 per year. While these are the top issues based on polls many voters will disregard this data and vote based on their feelings toward Trump. They have been conditioned over the years to see conservatives as racist, homophobic, anti-immigrant and in some cases as evil. They will vote based on these feelings. For them it is not the economy stupid.