Thread: The Takeaway: It's Trump's Economy Now

The Takeaway: It's Trump's Economy Now

By Tom Bevan
RCP Staff
February 09, 2018

Intriguing tidbits from the week in election surveys and public opinion polls.

Trump Getting Credit: Last month we noted a Quinnipiac University poll showing that voters felt President Obama was more responsible for the current state of the economy than President Trump, by a margin of 49 percent to 40 percent.

Four weeks later, after continued good economic news as well as the two largest sell-offs in stock market history (in point value, not percentage of market), a new poll from Quinnipiac shows those numbers have flipped. Forty-eight percent say President Trump is more responsible, while 41 percent still say Obama is. The biggest shift came among Independents (net swing to Trump of 18 points), followed by Democrats (+15 net swing) and Republicans (+9 net swing).

The bottom line: Whatever the future may hold, good or bad, it appears the public now believes this is Donald Trump’s economy.

Tom Bevan is the co-founder and publisher of RealClearPolitics and the co-author of "Election 2012: A Time for Choosing." Email: tom@realclearpolitics.com, Twitter: @TomBevanRCP

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Yes, it is Trump's economy now. I hope he continues with his good policies to fix our bad trade deals, charge tariffs where appropriate, repeals Obamacare employer mandate and makes the individual tax cuts permanent. I also hope he eventually eliminates the death tax in its entirety and gets rid of the capital gains tax. The FairTax system would be the better alternative, but until that can be passed, just keep on keeping on, Mr. President, remembering at all times that this excess immigration disaster has got to be drawn to a halt, that means no DACA, no DACA Deal, and no Amnesty or TPS of any kind to any illegal alien.