Confidence surveys show the inflation shock is finally fading and some Americans are feeling more hopeful.
Americans have been in an epic funk. They might finally be getting over it, which could be a tailwind for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the home stretch of the 2024 election., as Americans first grappled with the COVID pandemic that arrived in 2020, then got hit with the highest inflation in 40 years.
Improving sentiment in the months before a presidential election is normally good news for an incumbent seeking reelection. The dynamics are obviously different this time around, given that Vice President Harris only became the Democratic nominee when President Biden dropped out in July. But there are signs that Harris is likely to benefit all the same.
But the president, or future president, seems to stand as a proxy for how well-off people feel and how optimistic they are about their future opportunities. And Harris's ascendance seems to have jolted some Americans out of a chronic malaise.on her handling of the economy than they rated Biden just one month earlier, even though her policies are basically the same as Biden’s.
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