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The plan is a gift to the GOP – the 1NC evidence explains how it is the perfect opportunity for the GOP to package a negative economic message about Biden.

Economy is the key issue to ‘decider’ group in 2024

Clement, et.al., June 17 Scott Clement, Emily Guskin and Dan Balz June 17, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT The 2024 ‘Deciders’: Who are they and what makes them tick? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/17/deciders-2024-election-poll/

Deciders say their top issues this year, those rated as extremely important, are the economy, threats to democracy in the United States and crime. On all three, more trust Trump to deal with them over Biden. About 6 in 10 rate the economy as extremely important and trust Trump over Biden by more than 2-to-1. More than half (56 percent) say threats to democracy in this country represent an extremely important issue — lower than the 7 in 10 among non-Deciders — and by a nine percentage-point margin (38 percent to 29 percent), Deciders say they trust Trump over Biden. About half (48 percent) rate crime as an extremely important issue and trust Trump over Biden by about a 2-to-1 margin.

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