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2024 Elections: What's Ahead

Policy Backgrounders

CED’s Policy Backgrounders provide timely insights on prominent business and economic policy issues facing the nation.

US Election, Transition, and Early Actions of the New Administration

November 08, 2024

Key Insights

This Backgrounder discusses the election results and several domestic policy issues, some of which will likely be addressed early in the new Administration.

  • Relatively small shifts in the voting preferences, including among members of minority groups and younger voters, drove the results in the Presidential election and in some elections for the House and Senate.
  • The economy was a key issue, with only 5% of respondents in one exit poll believing the condition of the nation’s economy is “excellent,” 27% “good,” 35% “not so good,” and 32% “poor”; 43% were “dissatisfied” about the state of the country, and 29% “angry”—figures that indicate the anti-incumbent trend running through the election.
  • The next step is the transition, about which significant questions remain, although during the campaign, the President-Elect promised significant actions as soon as he enters office. Likely areas for action include regulatory reform and possibly immigration and tariffs.

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Authors

David K. Young

David K. Young

President

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John Gardner

John Gardner

Vice President, Public Policy

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Publications

Webcasts, Podcasts and Videos

CEO Roundtable: Policy Priorities for 2025

December 12, 2024 12:00 PM ET (New York)

2024 Election Implications for the US Labor Market

November 20, 2024 01:00 PM ET (New York)

Press Releases / In the News

BRIEF

Election Has No Effect on Fed Policy Now, But Possibly Later

November 07, 2024

IN THE NEWS

If the election is contested again in November, will corporate leaders push back

October 21, 2024

Commentary and Letters

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October 15, 2024

Commentary and Letters

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October 04, 2024

IN THE NEWS

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PRESS RELEASE

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September 26, 2023

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