[lbo-talk] Re: economy & elections

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

Doug quoted:
>But what of those who said federal policies had no impact? Well, 68 
>percent of those who thought the economy was better but gave the 
>president no credit voted for Reagan, while 75 percent of those who 
>thought the economy was worse but said they didn't blame Reagan voted 
>for Mondale. Economic perceptions made much more difference than 
>attributions of responsibility. ...

Or the poor, who were getting poorer, both thought the economy was getting 
worse and voted for Mondale.  No surprise there.  


>In short, voters hold presidents responsible for the economy, even 
>when they profess not to. 

Or, perceptions of their economic interests were more powerful than 
attributions of responsibility, which don't seem to correlate to anything much...


>Mark S. Mellman is president of The Mellman Group and has worked for 
>Democratic candidates and causes since 1982.

Since '82, huh?  Let's ignore other possible confounding factors and just 
blame him.

Jenny Brown