Winning Jobs Narrative

Here's a cut: "Over the last four years, America has bounced back faster and stronger than any other country from the global economic shock that sent prices soaring during the pandemic. Inflation is down, wages are up, unemployment is at record lows, and health care coverage is at record highs. But too many Americans are still struggling to afford things like housing, health care, child care, and college – costs that were far too high even before the pandemic hit. And the choice in this election is between a president who’s been fighting to lower costs and raise incomes, and one who spent four years passing a tax cut for the rich and trying to take away health care from everyone else." Then you can go into specific examples with this construction: "Now that President Biden and Democrats in Congress have capped the price of insulin at $35 a month for seniors, they want to make it $35 a month for everyone. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans want to eliminate the cap on insulin and let insurance companies charge whatever they want. Now that President Biden and Democrats in Congress have given tax cuts to working families with kids so that they can afford child care, they want to repeal Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the rich so that they can make those tax cuts for working families permanent. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans want to make their tax cuts for the rich permanent." And so forth on nearly every cost of living issue

Biden, as he showed at #SOTU2024, is building a powerful populist contrast vs Trump w/his economic agenda. But will frustration among voters over inflation blunt Biden's ability to benefit from that case? My take. cnn.com/2024/03/12/politics/…

Coda on this per @dccc @kadefilippi who crunched numbers on what Dems actually talked about in their campaigns: "Dem candidates ran 563 ads. Of those 19% mention crime/law enforcement, 26% mention abortion, 57% mention economic issues, & 86 15% mention Jan 6th or extremism. "