Most voters likely don’t even follow the overall economic trends, let alone one month’s data, he said. Instead, their views on the economy are shaped by how far their dollars are stretching today compared to recent times. That track record isn’t great nowadays.

ATLANTA – Atlanta, Georgia locals expressed "frustration" to Fox News Digital over the economy, pointing to high grocery and gas prices. " [Atlanta] went upscale, and now they're raising their prices. Like living is so hard," Chelsea told Fox News Digital during a series of interviews in the critical swing state.

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Voters' gloominess come despite the Congressional Budget Office finding in May that purchasing power grew across groups as incomes rose quicker than prices between 2019 and 2023. It may be true that wages are rising faster than inflation in general, Hsu said, "but that's not necessarily true for an individual person."

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, made false claims Sunday about former President Donald Trump’s stance on abortion and about the state of the economy when Trump left office.

For Youngkin, sentiment about the economy is one of the big three things, along with the generally clearer signals that come from employment data and how the Federal Reserve System is steering interest rates, that say where an economy is going, he told the board at its regular October meeting.

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The majority of Maryland adults approve the job Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is doing, though the opinion is unsurprisingly split between party lines, according to a newly released UMBC poll. More than 1,000 Maryland residents were surveyed by pollsters - 917 of which were registered voters - to provide

Pennsylvania is a largely coveted state within the Electoral College, and both Trump and Harris are vying for it ahead of the 2024 election.

We're at just over a month until Election Day. The economy continues to play a huge factor in the campaign for the White House.

Kamala Harris has been releasing her plans for the "care economy" in somewhat piecemeal fashion, and the latest offering came Tuesday with a proposal to expand home care for seniors.

Voter feelings about the economy could be the deciding factor in who wins the White House in November. NBC News' Hallie Jackson traveled to eastern North Carolina to ask voters there how they feel the economy is,