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Maybe James Carville is still right, 30 years later: It's the economy, stupid. A new CBSNews/YouGov poll shows that Americans think the economy is in bad shape and it's Donald Trump's fault. The top four issues for Americans are the economy (33%), immigration (29%), government spending (15%), and trade (11%). And the people who rated the economy as tops overwhelmingly (77%) think Trump is not spending enough time dealing with it. His approval on it is down to 36% now (vs. 64% disapprove). Two of the questions stand out:
The one on the right is deadly. Trump's policies are the problem. Not Joe Biden's or Nancy Pelosi's. The economy is the top issue and there are many indicators that people are not happy with it and are blaming Trump. He really needs to fix that before the midterms and there is no quick fix.
The one way that might cheer up some voters is to send them Trump-branded checks for $2,000. The problem is that Congress doesn't seem to be interested in that for a variety of reasons (see above). But he had better figure out something quickly. (V)