After this election I am convinced that the only thing that matters is the perception of the economy, not the real economy. Only what people think of it. The actual economy is good, especially compared to the rest of the world, yet a large portion of the population claimed it was bad or in a depression, despite the facts. The candidate who won was the one that claimed it was bad, and even though he had no policy to address it he still got the votes.
After this election I am convinced that the only thing that matters is the perception of the economy, not the real economy. Only what people think of it. The actual economy is good, especially compared to the rest of the world, yet a large portion of the population claimed it was bad or in a depression, despite the facts. The candidate who won was the one that claimed it was bad, and even though he had no policy to address it he still got the votes.