It was a question asked by then-GOP candidate Ronald Reagan in 1980 as he smoked Jimmy Carter with one of the most famous lines in debate history: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
Game over, TKO—the Fat Ludy sung that night.
“Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
Ronald Reagan debating then-President Jimmy Carter, 1980. pic.twitter.com/5rvyCVUOGC
— Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (@RonaldReagan) September 6, 2024
Now that we’ve endured almost four years of a disastrous Biden-Harris administration, Gallup asked voters the same question, and the results are terrible, horrible, no good, very bad if you’re Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris. A staggering 52 percent said heck no:
More than half of Americans (52%) say they and their family are worse off today than they were four years ago, while 39% say they are better off…
