What One Economic Index Tells Us About This Year’s Election

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  August 18th at 09:17 AM  | 

When looking at economic data as predictors of Presidential election outcomes, most of us tend to focus on items like inflation, unemployment rates, the “misery index,” job creation figures, or GDP growth. All of these are important items, but none really are great predictors in and of themselves. For example, there is the fact that no sitting President has won an election with unemployment above | Read More »