Rural Voters Prioritize Cost of Living and Health Care Ahead of Midterms
A new AP/KFF poll finds that 69% of rural voters consider the cost of living extremely important for midterm candidates, followed by health care costs.
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The odds
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| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 99% |
| 23 Oct, 19:04 UTC | 99% |
| 13 Oct, 09:33 UTC | 93% |
| 11 Oct, 16:23 UTC | 98% |
| 9 Oct, 18:20 UTC | 92% |
| 8 Oct, 14:44 UTC | 94% |
| 5 Oct, 22:08 UTC | 58% |
| 5 Oct, 20:17 UTC | 94% |
| 5 Oct, 04:13 UTC | 51% |
| 5 Oct, 00:11 UTC | 96% |
| 4 Oct, 19:52 UTC | 97% |
| 26 Sept, 11:09 UTC | 94% |
The story so far
1 publisher has covered this in 1 article since 27 Sept 2026. Axios published first, on 27 September at 10:55 UTC.
One prediction market prices this story:
- Economy and cost of living — resolved “Yes” on 6 Nov 2026. The market resolves to Yes if the economy and cost of living ranks as the most important issue for voters in the 2026 national U.S. House exit poll. It resolves to No if any other issue takes that top spot. Readers often mistake the linked news story about rural voters for the official data source, but only the final 2026 exit poll results count.
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- Resolved Economy and cost of living Yes 6d ago
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- AP