Politics with Amy Walter: Will Trump’s Take on the Economy Resonate With Voters?

The Takeaway

Today we’re talking about the economy. The two big questions: 1.) Everyone says the economy is doing great. Objectively, is that true? And 2.) If it is true, why aren’t the Republicans and President better positioned going into the midterms?

Guests:

Lynn Vavreck, Hoffenberg Chair of American Politics at UCLA and a contributor to The Upshot at The New York Times

Jim Tankersley, reporter covering economic and tax policy for the New York Times

Colin Gordon, senior research consultant at the Iowa Policy Project

Erika Franklin Fowler, Associate Professor of Government at Wesleyan University 

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