The most important issue for voters in the US presidential election is the economy. It shows a study from the Pew research center.
One of those who values the issue highly is the voter Jessica Herbert, whom Ekot met at a polling station in Arizona.
– I work in a restaurant and the whole industry went to the bottom of this. But with the leadership we have, there is no plan to fix it. The economy, the pandemic, the election, you can not talk about any of it without also addressing the other.
During his presidency Donald Trump has often highlighted a thriving economy as his biggest success in the post. But, with the corona pandemic, the United States, along with most other countries, entered an economic crisis. Something that had a great impact on the election campaign.
– The country is having a hard time right now, and Biden voters want to see a change of power because they do not think that Trump has handled the situation well enough. If, on the other hand, you look at Trump voters, there are, for example, many farmers who say that they have benefited from his policy, says Ekot’s envoy in Arizona, Palmira Koukkari Mbenga.
At the same time a lot of time put on the economy in both candidates’ election movements, the president has a relatively limited power in the matter, as a country’s economic development is largely governed by other processes. This is what Karolina Ekholm, professor of economics and former deputy governor of the Riksbank, says.
– It is due to very sluggish factors, so a president can not really influence it in a very clear way. Possibly a very bad policy can really ruin economic development. Trump has implemented a fairly large tax reform. It had a kind of stimulating effect on the US economy. So that is probably one thing he can count on, says Ekholm.
Source: ICELAND NEWS