James Carville, strategist for then-candidate Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, famously said, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

Really, there’s no better way to sum up the state of this year’s presidential election, which is just two weeks away.

Voters for months (even years) have expressed their concern over the economy and inflation, and that remains the top issue as they prepare to vote – or already have voted in several states.

Vice President Kamala Harris is in the awkward position of trying to promise she’d be “different” from President Joe Biden, while not being able to offer any substantial ways in which she would differ from Biden. Add to that the reality that Harris has been in the White House as an active member of the Biden-Harris administration the past four years.

So you can’t blame people who have felt economic struggles in recent years for wanting to go in a different direction.

Recent polling shows former President Donald Trump gaining ground, especially in battleground states. And while Harris is losing popularity as........

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