Election

Jess Bidgood, NY Times -  The real question for November, though, ... is whether all that good news will be enough to improve the economic vibe. Biden and Harris have led the country through a period of economic growth and job gains while inflation came down, but they have struggled to turn those achievements into broadly happy feelings among voters. The gap between the good news about the economy and the way voters are perceiving it has turned into one of the defining — and for Democrats, one of the most confounding — dynamics of this election.

Polling shows voters are feeling persistently sour about the economy. The most recent national poll by The New York Times and Siena College found that just 2 percent of the likely electorate considered the economy to be “excellent,” while 21 percent called it “good.” Twenty-eight percent of voters called it “only fair,” while nearly half — 49 percent — rated it “poor.”

CNN -  The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a presidential candidate on Wednesday after releasing internal polling that showed a majority of its members supported former President Donald Trump. The Teamsters, which represents truck drivers, freight workers and other workers, is the last major labor union to make an endorsement announcement. The nation's other major labor organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the United Auto Workers, have backed Vice President Kamala Harris. An endorsement from the Teamsters — which counts members heavily represented in critical swing states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — would have been a crucial get for either candidate. The last time the Teamsters sat out a presidential election was 1996.