For Republican governors, all economic success is local

A standard GOP argument going into the November elections is that President Joe Biden is out of touch with reality.

Inflation is worse in major Texas cities than it is nationwide. The Houston area has an inflation rate of 10.2% and the Dallas area has an inflation rate of 9.4%.

The U.S. economy has fallen into a recession, but Republican-led parts of the country are still growing, according to Abbott and other GOP leaders. The officials are blaming Biden's policies for sky-high gas and food prices, while taking credit for the job gains those policies helped spur.

The US economy is in a recession. Texas was number one in the nation for job growth in June, and more Texans have jobs than ever before.

In 15 Republican-led states, governors would praise job growth in their states, while senators would simultaneously say the national economy was collapsing. In public remarks, these claims were repeated.

GOP leaders say state policies such as low tax rates helped to fuel hiring and investment. Job growth was boosted by a historic injection of federal money that began in March 2020 and continued under Biden.

The pain caused by inflation has been acknowledged by the Democrats. The president said that the US has avoided a recession because of the low unemployment rate. He claims that the economic and climate package signed into law on Tuesday will meet the needs of the public because of global factors such as the Pandemic, fragile supply chains and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"Too often we give the biggest microphone to the critics and the cynics who delight in declaring failure while those committed to making real progress do the hard work of governing."

A number of surveys show that voters don't like the economy and that most of them blame the president. Many voters seem to blame inflation on White House policies and give a pass to statehouses, as inflation had been low in recent decades and less of a factor in elections than jobs, according to researchers.

Andrew is a political science professor at Washington University. Voters form opinions about state and local officials through what they see in their daily lives. They look at the national economy through hard numbers.

The national economy is not something that we experience. It's an abstract idea. We might be more willing to let our differences affect how we view national issues. The honeymoon is over for Joe Biden because he owns the economy regardless of his policies.

Even though consumer prices in both Georgia and Florida are much higher than the national average, the Republican governors are largely unaffected by inflation. In the Miami area, the rate of inflation is 11.6%.

The argument that job growth and government finances are strong enough to insulate people from a downturn is being heard by many voters in Republican states.

Biden claimed that the U.S. economy remained healthy. Florida's budget surplus could insulate it from a downturn, according to the governor.

We aren't immune to the inflation and the energy prices. "Because Florida has been open, because Florida has excelled economically, we're in the position where we're going to be able to meet those needs of the state regardless of what Uncle Joe throws at us."

Across the country, there has been job growth. Employment increased in 43 states and remained the same in seven states over the past year according to data released by the Bureau of Statistic.

The three major Republican states, Texas, Arizona and Florida, as well as the three major Democratic states, California, Illinois and New York, were analyzed by the EIG. The recovery has been slower in Democratic states than in the GOP areas.

According to John Lettieri, the president and CEO of EIG, voters seem to prefer inflation over jobs. At a time of political division, it is striking to him how worried people are about prices.

The economy is an issue and Biden is to blame for that. This cuts across all the different groups. All those different ways we slice up the electorate are all responding in different ways.

Inflation appears to be an inescapable challenge for Biden, even as other issues such as abortion rights seem to be helping Democrats. Republicans are able to promote job gains to say why they would be better at leading the economy, without having to mention their own policies for reducing consumer prices.

Real disposable personal income is the best measure of what voters are personally experiencing, according to a political science professor at the University of California Los Angeles. After adjusting for taxes and inflation, that figure shows how much money a person has. It has changed over the last two years.

The disposable income of people increased by 28.7% when Biden signed the relief into law. Some economists warned that the aid could cause inflation. Real disposable income has fallen over the past year due to the rise in prices and the end of aid.

There is no surprise that people are gloomy.

That's right.

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