Category: Amish Gupta

• Why Harris’s Economic Message Failed to Resonate with Voters: When perception matters more than policy

  6–10 minutes

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  April 25, 2025

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  Amish Gupta

  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) A key factor behind Trump’s return to the White House is voters’ belief that Trump would be a better steward of the U.S. economy than Harris – despite economic theory suggesting otherwise. Why, then, did Trump win on economic grounds? Economic populism. Going forward, the Democrats need to recognize that sound policy…