For many US voters, the economy is personal and they blame the Democrats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : "Under Trump, under previous administrations, things were alright.
44% : Harris' campaign has over 375 staff in the state, nearly four times Trump's, yet a FiveThirtyEight compilation of polls shows Harris with less than a 1 percentage point edge over Trump in the state.
43% : The state is still scarred by the loss of over a third of its auto-related jobs since 1990 and backed Trump in 2016, while Biden won by less than three percentage points in 2020.
35% : Still, when asked which candidate had the better approach on issues, Trump led on the economy - 46% to 38%, this month's Reuters poll showed.
32% : Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, and Trump have proposed different fixes.
25% : Harris has promised to fight price gouging and boost a child tax credit, opens new tab, while Trump has proposed cutting taxes on overtime pay, imposing blanket tariffs on imports that he says will bring manufacturing back to the U.S. and mass deportation of immigrants.

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