The Economy Is Going Biden’s Way. Now He Has to Get Voters to Give Him Credit
With inflation ebbing and the job creation strong, what was an electoral liability may be turning into a strength.
President Joe Biden at the groundbreaking of an Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility near New Albany, Ohio, on Sept. 9, 2022.
Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesWhite House officials started to panic about a month ago that Americans were not giving President Joe Biden credit for his economic achievements, say two sources familiar with their discussions.
Heading into the 2024 election, a majority of Americans feel sour about the state of the economy. Only 34% approve of Biden’s handling of it, according to a June poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That’s lower than Biden’s overall approval rating of 41%. Americans are still smarting from two years of historically high prices for everything—food, rent, travel, housing, cars.