Since President Joe Biden left the 2024 presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris has proven more popular than Biden on economic issues, which are among the most important for voters. In July, 40% of registered voters trusted Biden to make good decisions on economic policy. By September, the figure for Harris was 45%. Despite this relative gain, Harris still lacks a clear advantage over former President Trump on economic policy, according to recent polls.
This raises a basic question: Were the benefits of Biden’s economic policies just poorly communicated to the public, or did these policies, while transformative in some ways, not do enough to overcome the impacts of inflation and decades of growing inequality?
