NOT TOO PEACHY: Cost of living on Georgia voters' minds ahead of midterms
ATLANTA - Money is on the mind of voters this election season. That means candidates’ economic strategies could determine some key races in November.
"It is a big concern and people are not winning right now," said Craig Jolley in Stone Mountain, Georgia. "Nobody is winning." Jolley moved to Georgia from Missouri six years ago. He says it’s hard to keep up with rising costs and inflation. "My savings have already dropped," Jolley said. "That’s real numbers. So, we’ve got to do something different." A poll from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution and the University of Georgia says cost of living is the mostDemocratic incumbent Raphael Warnock supported President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.
"That’s really what people are focused on," said Kennesaw State Political Science Professor Kerwin Swint. "And historically, people really do vote their pocketbooks when they feel they are some anxiety and there are some problems with the economy."
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