The latest Yahoo News/YouGov results illustrate the powerful effect that partisanship can have on people’s perception of reality.

The first reading of the S&P U.S. services index climbed to a 32-month high of 57.0 in November from 55 in the prior month. Senior executives said the prospect of lower interest rates and a more pro-business White House made them more optimistic.

The shift in expectations about the economy’s future was driven by Republicans getting happier as Democrats turned sour.

This dichotomy shows up neatly in the latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment data. The sentiment index for Republicans jumped from 53.6 in October to 69.1 in November, putting it at the highest level since shortly after President Joe Biden took office in 2021.

In analyzing the loss, Harris’s team also credits the Trump campaign with reaching sporadic voters, especially young men, through new media channels.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said the economy, not racism or misogyny, was the deciding factor in Donald Trump's electoral victory.

Liberal journalists are rich and isolated in a bubble full of rich journalists. It is no surprise that they didn't understand how voters viewed the economy.

Every four years, we elect a new president to lead our nation. Also referred to as "the leader of the free world," this person is often judged and associated with how the economy is doing when

President-Elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan for undocumented immigrants could have wide-ranging impacts across the country, particularly in Florida.

Nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants are the backbone of some industries, and they pay billions in taxes for services they never receive.

"The U.S economy is the envy of the world," said Rutgers Business School finance professor Parul Jain. "Why didn’t that message get through to the electorate?” “There’s always a big lag between objective economic indicators and public opinion ...

U.S. voters’ decisive swing toward President-elect Donald Trump reflects dissatisfaction with recent inflation, as well as deeper fears about slipping financial security.