Trump won not just by claiming a handful of key zip codes, but by accruing gains all over — increasing his vote share in cities, suburban areas, and rural stretches alike, and improving his performance with young men and voters of color in particular.
With his threat to impose tariffs on all imported goods, the rest of the world will have to learn how to better work together, without becoming too dependent on each other.
Dissatisfaction with the economy drove voters to the polls. And Donald Trump was viewed as the change candidate.
We came out of the Covid pandemic and then experienced the biggest inflation spike that most of us have seen in our lifetime. That takes a toll.
Vice President Kamala Harris won a slim majority of votes cast by Latinos, but Trump bested a high set by George W. Bush.
CBS News polling showed that 45% of voters said their financial situation was worse today than it was four years ago.
Advocates in Milwaukee believe the economy, combined with frustration over failures to implement immigration reform, is why some Latinos backed Trump.
In this election, an estimated 55% of Latino male voters favored Trump, up from 32% in 2016, exit polls showed. That shift, experts say, is a sign that the immigrant experience is less of a factor in the diverse Latino population than pocketbook and quality-of-life issues like crime.
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for higher tariffs, lower taxes and more curbs on immigration are expected to reignite inflation, but economic forecasters are divided over whether they’ll weaken or boost the U.
The answer at the end of the day was not that complicated and it probably didn’t have anything to do with the Democratic Party of Georgia. To paraphrase Democratic strategist James Carville, it’s still the economy, stupid.
The president-elect plans tariffs and tax cuts, like in his first term. There are risks with both, but also lots of caveats.
President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class.