Across three surveys that Third Way has conducted in 2025 on the topics of what is breaking through to average Americans, the economic conditions Americans face has been the north star of issue salience. President Trump and congressional Republicans have ceded the advantage on these issues they held just one year ago. The question is whether congressional Democrats can fully convince Americans that they will be focused on cost-of-living and not that scandal of the week.
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