Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

The Election Scenario Democrats Shouldn’t Dread

A fast economic rebound could hurt the party at the polls. Or maybe not. It’s not worth worrying about either way.

May 27, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Some Democrats are reportedly half-panicked by the possibility that the economy will rebound in the third quarter, and that Donald Trump will be able to capitalize on it in November. Given what we know about elections and the economy, should they be?