[lbo-talk] Economists project Trump will win easily in 2020 — and by a bigger margin

[Marv Gandall]

Who knows? These are the same economists whose "modelling" failed to anticipate the great financial crash and economic stagnation of the past decade. Economic factors have been paramount in periods of relative political stability, but, despite the traditional indicators which mainstream economists continue to favour, underlying economic dissatisfaction is rife in the US and other deeply polarized capitalist societies, and climate change is additionally coming to the forefront of political concerns.

See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2019/10/17/the-finance-202-economists-project-trump-will-win-easily-in-2020-and-by-a-bigger-margin/5da7998a602ff1408391456a/