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If you asked me which major party was more likely to preside over a period of high inflation, I would say “Democrats” (even though I vote for them). Yet according to this commentary, the demographic groups that perceive and expect the highest inflation are women, singles, nonwhites, and lower-income groups—all of whom tend to vote for Democrats!

Perhaps people who are more likely to feel that the economy is sucking are also more likely to take pessimistic views of every economic indicator, even the ones that, in fact, are not sucking.