Moat people think their own financial situation is good while the economy everywhere else is bad: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/americans-are-actually-pretty

Moat people think their own financial situation is good while the economy everywhere else is bad: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/americans-are-actually-pretty-happy-with-their-finances https://www.axios.com/2024/01/17/americans-are-actually-pret... Which leads me to believe it is mostly the negative media hype which gets eyeballs. Also, given the election coming up it is good for the challenger to claim the incumbent messed up the economy and they’ll totally fix it if you vote for them.