Democrats More Confident About Economy

Gallup finds that the rise in economic confidence this month “has been almost exclusively due to soaring optimism among Democrats and independents who lean Democratic.”

“It’s possible that the Democratic convention themes praising Obama’s economic record and laying out economic goals for a second term were effective at convincing the party faithful that the economy is not so bad and getting better. Alternatively, the sheer excitement generated by the convention may have boosted Democrats’ optimism that Obama will win re-election, and thus their economic confidence rose in kind.”