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Americans Don’t Always Vote Pocketbook, nor Should They

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Americans Don’t Always Vote Pocketbook, nor Should They
A Wall St. sign next to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) September 16, 2008 in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Clifford Humphrey
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“The economy, stupid.” James Carville, a campaign strategist for former President Bill Clinton, made that phrase famous in the presidential election of 1992. Then it was just a slogan; now, to many people, it has become a truism: The economy is all that really matters in elections.

Clifford Humphrey
Clifford Humphrey
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Clifford Humphrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Director of Admissions for Thales College. He holds a PhD in politics from Hillsdale College, and he resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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