Economy, inflation and high grocery prices sank Democrat chances in 2024 election, says BC professor Boston 25 News [Video]

BOSTON — It’s something the Harris campaign could just not get away from: higher prices for, it seems, just about everything.

And for voters, that was something even a technically thriving economy could not hide.

“I couldn’t be happier, very pleased,” said Trump supporter Cliff Keirstad, as he enjoyed breakfast at Wilson’s Diner in Waltham Wednesday. “The history of the last four years is basically the crux of the whole thing. I’m kind of tired of Bidenomics and losing money. Working day to day and trying to get by, I think that was the main thing.”

Part of the rise in prices over the last four years was connected to demand for consumer goods often outstripping supply in the aftermath of the pandemic. But Boston College Associate Finance Professor Darren Kisgen, PhD, said there was another factor, intimately linked to the White House.

“One of them is almost surely the …