Politics
Election 2024: Harris Closes Economic Gap with Trump
By Jake Beardslee · September 29, 2024

Recent polls show Harris narrowing the gap with Trump on handling the economy, a trend that wasn't evident when President Biden was the presumptive Democratic nominee. Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Similarly, a Fox News poll showed Harris 5 points behind Trump, while Biden lagged by 15 points in March. Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images

The Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cut signals confidence in the fight against inflation. Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

"Every time they gave him a question on inflation, he moved it to some other issue," Luntz said on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

In an interview with Sharyl Attkisson, Trump stated, "We're going to get it back. We will be at a level that nobody thought possible with automaking." Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images

White House National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard highlighted that "the economy has grown by 3.2 percent per year during the Biden-Harris Administration." U.S. Dept. of the Treasury / Wikimedia

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee noted, "Inflation has come way down [and] it did so without there being a recession, which has never happened before in the U.S. and virtually anywhere in the world." US Embassy Sweden / Wikimedia
