A viral $16 McDonald s meal won t go away, and that s a problem for Democrats | CNN Business

Despite the inflation hangover keeping prices elevated, the economy, by almost any measure, should be one of the biggest feathers in President Joe Biden s cap over the past three years. But American voters ÿkeep telling pollsters that they aren t feeling all the good news that economists are seeing in the data.

In a CNN poll released earlier this month, 72% of all Americans say things in the country are going badly, and 66% said the economy will be extremely important when deciding whom to vote for next year.

A majority 58% told CNN in a poll released in September that Biden s policies have made economic conditions worse.

Even the seemingly isolated incident of the $16 McDonald s meal reached the desk of the White House Office of Digital Strategy, which tracked it as one of many exaggerated claims about the economy that the Biden administration is struggling to counter, according to the Washington Post.

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It’s shocking when you think about it.