More than 68% of likely general election voters reported that the increasing cost of food was either “somewhat” or “very much” motivating them to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a Monday poll from the Trafalgar Group.
The motivating pressure is more pronounced in 18-25 year-olds, Hispanics and Republicans, who were “very much” motivated to vote at rates of 61.9%, 60.6% and 71.1%, respectively, according to the Trafalgar Group. The poll was conducted from Sept. 17 to 20 after a hotter-than-expected inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the cost of groceries rose annually in August by 13.5%, the highest rate since 1979.
"No nation is more that three missed meals away from a revolution." Thankfully in the US that happens at the ballot box.