No Boom No Bust Economy Dogs The Democrats In The Us Midterm Elections
And the world has soured on President Joe Biden despite it all. Tuesday’s midterm elections could stymie the Democratic president with a Republican-controlled Congress, and polls and public opinion polls suggest a gloomy mood around economic issues is pushing voters in that direction. It is a fact of American politics that the party in the White House competes in the congressional races held every two years between presidential contests. It’s a fact right now that there’s a roaring, real-time mismatch between the president’s 40% approval rating and broader economic conditions that are mixed at worst — with high inflation the focus for many, but also one of the strongest labor markets in decades and an unemployment rate of 3....