Scarborough: A Strong Economy Does Not Always Mean the President in Power Does Well in the Mid Terms

‘There is always this belief that people vote through their pocketbook and their pocketbook only’

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SCARBOROUGH: “There is always this belief that people vote through their pocketbook and their pocketbook only. That certainly happens when the economy is doing poorly. Right now you are actually seeing the stock markets continue to rise. That’s certainly positive for a lot of Americans and a lot of business owners. But you are seeing the right track/wrong track go in the wrong direction. I remember 1994, Bill Clinton had a pretty strong economy and yet his Democratic Congress got wiped out in the ‘94 mid-terms. A strong economy does not always mean that the president in power does well politically in mid-term elections. But I think the most important part of those polls, it explains why business owners, why a lot of Republicans, why people still are putting up with Donald Trump. Because they’re saying, 'Hey, the economy is better now than it’s ever been before. I’ll just keep my head down, turn off the TV and make money.”

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