Source: The Dispatch
by Scott Lincicome
“Several concerns drove voters to reject Trump’s GOP in historic fashion: the economy (centered on prices and affordability), Iran, corruption, aggressive deportations, and Trump himself. We know this because voters told us—before and after the election. … the war was an accelerant, not what got voters’ economic fire roaring in the first place. As Phil Magness already detailed for The Dispatch, the administration’s weakness on the economy started with Trump’s tariffs, with voter disapproval evident in both last week’s exit polls and numerous surveys dating back to last spring …. They told us they’d vote on tariffs. Then they did.” (11/12/26)