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The Grocery Bills That Could Decide the Election

2024/8/29
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一位专注于跨境资本市场、并购和公司治理的资深律师。
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Katrina：经济形势严峻，物价飞涨，工作缺乏保障，她对现状感到不满，并认为特朗普执政时期情况较好。她是一位共和党支持者，对当前的物价上涨和缺乏工作保障表示担忧，并认为移民问题加剧了经济负担。她还提到自己即将面临失业，63岁的年龄让她在寻找新工作方面面临挑战。她认为在特朗普执政时期，经济状况相对较好。 Gail Fiebrink：她对特朗普不信任，认为拜登政府做得还可以，但社会保障金的增长速度跟不上物价上涨的速度，导致她仍然在经济上挣扎。她还批评了刺激性支票的发放不公平，以及社会保障金的滥用现象。她住在低收入住房，住房条件差，且政治家很少关注这些问题。物价上涨迫使她不得不借用高利贷来维持生活。她认为密尔沃基部分地区的人们主要关注的是将特朗普赶下台，而不是具体的政治议程。她对民主党在11月大选中获胜充满信心。 John：他是一位无党派人士，认为政府的政策不会改变他的生活状况，他认为自己只是一名劳工，政府的作为对他没有影响。他会再次投票给特朗普，因为他认为特朗普能够解决问题，并认为特朗普的言论能够促使政府解决问题。他认为经济问题是由于系统性问题造成的，而不是某个人的责任，并且认为经济的改善并未惠及他这样的低收入人群。他认为失业率下降是因为失业救济金的取消，而不是因为人们找到了工作。他认为无论谁当总统，他的生活状况都不会改变，但他仍然会投票给特朗普，因为他喜欢特朗普的观点和想法。 匿名受访者：他们表达了对生活成本高昂的担忧，担心失去房屋和汽车，即使全职工作，也难以支付房租和其他生活费用。即使拥有护理学硕士学位，收入仍然不足以维持生活，并考虑生育第二个孩子的高昂成本。

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The 2024 election may hinge on voters' economic concerns, especially grocery and housing costs. Candidates like Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are addressing these concerns in their campaigns, highlighting the importance of economic issues for voters.
  • Economic concerns like grocery and housing costs are top of mind for voters.
  • Kamala Harris released an ad focusing on housing affordability.
  • Donald Trump is touting his economic record on the campaign trail.

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This election, like a lot of elections before it, may come down to which candidate voters think might help them with their grocery bills and housing costs — the essential stuff of everyday economics.

That’s what people around the country say — and what they tell pollsters too.

But the fact that life feels expensive right now is not just something voters are talking about.

Campaigns are too.

Kamala Harris just released an ad focused on how hard it is to own a home in the United States and an economic policy aimed at curbing prices. And Donald Trump has been on the trail touting his economic record.

So, this week on “The Run-Up,” we spend time talking with people who feel the economy is not working for them — and talking to Jason DeParle, who covers poverty for The New York Times, about how the candidates say they’ll help the poorest Americans.

On today’s episode

Jason DeParle), who writes about poverty in the United States for The New York Times.