Rural Voters Prioritize Cost of Living Over Immigration — SkimNews
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- Rural voters identify cost of living and health care costs as the top issues they want 2026 midterm candidates to address, according to a new AP/KFF poll.
- Pocketbook concerns outrank immigration among rural voters' stated priorities ahead of the midterms.
Why it matters: Rural voters ranking cost of living and health care above immigration ahead of the 2026 midterms gives candidates targeting rural districts a concrete pocketbook-first agenda to campaign on, rather than the cultural-issue framing that has dominated recent rural political coverage.
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