The cost of living (housing, groceries, all of it) is the voters’ top concern, and the reason Trump became only the second defeated president to be reelected. Voters believed the businessman was best suited to improve the economy.

The problem for him is that voters aren’t only upset that prices remain high. They are questioning whether he even cares.

In October, 75% of voters believed Trump was insufficiently focused on “lowering prices of goods and services,” Per a CBS News poll. Then the off-year elections happened.

Affordability won, Republicans lost

Democratic gubernatorial nominees in New Jersey and Virginia, who had focused relentlessly on affordability, won in landslides. In New Jersey, voters who cited the economy as their top issue voted for governor-elect Mikie Sherrill 66% t

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