In 60 days, midterm elections offer a referendum on President Donald Trump – and the Trump economy. Republicans cannot count on a strong verdict.
That’s because despite strong overall growth, its benefits have been strikingly uneven — and depend on the beneficiary.
Specifically, evidence so far shows those benefits:
- For business owners, quite substantial.
- For average workers, pretty slight.
- For America’s future growth, none at all.
This divergence helps explain a central paradox of the 2018 campaign.