Democrats Need to Talk About the Economy

Katrina vanden Heuvel: “As early voting gets started in some states, Republicans are focusing their closing argument on the economy, American voters’ biggest concern and the subject of the majority of GOP ad buys. The Democrats’ closing argument, meanwhile, features abortion, the stripping away of women’s right to choose.”

“But a recent New York Times-Siena College poll shows economic concerns driving a significant shift of independent voters — including women — toward Republicans. The message to Democrats should be loud and clear: Change course, now.”

Playbook: “Twenty days out from Election Day, voters are overwhelmingly focused on the economy and inflation, Republicans are more trusted to handle those issues, and crime beats out abortion as a second-tier issue. In our poll, as in others, the GOP has also gained on the congressional ballot test.”