How have debates affected presidential election outcomes since 1960? Well, kind of like this.
The polling impact of every U.S. presidential debate, all in one graphic
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This is pure Pethokoukis. Implicit in this “before and after” chart is a ruse known as “ergo hoc, ergo propter hoc.”
Since the polls moved before and after the debates, it must follow that it was the debates that moved them.
The economic “analysis” we are treated to here often follows the same “logic.”
Help yourselves…..