Voters surveyed statewide in a September poll cited jobs, the economy or inflation as the most important issue facing the state.
Call it the ‘I don’t know’ election in the fight for Congress. Republicans still have advantages, but Democrats appear energized in the post-Roe environment.cited jobs, the economy or inflation as the most important issue facing the state.the economy, jobs and inflation combined as the most important issue, ahead of crime, drought or immigration; 23% of Democrats and independents ranked economic issues ahead of homelessness, housing costs and the environment.
“Over 50% of current inflation pressure is coming from corporate profits rather than from increased costs of input or increased cost of wages,” said Porter, who appeared with Biden in Irvine on Friday to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act. “Democrats have really delivered both a willingness to dig in to this issue to understand where the inflation is coming from and then to address it.”Gas prices worry voters in this coastal California House district, home to many commuters.
Newport Beach, like many of the other Orange County coastal cities represented by GOP Rep. Michelle Steel of Seal Beach, was switched up in thebased on the U.S. Census. It will now be in the 47th Congressional District, which also includes part of Porter’s current district.Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine and her Republican challenger, former state Assemblyman Scott Baugh.
That could end up working in the GOP’s favor, said Matthew Jarvis, an associate professor of political science at Cal State Fullerton. Though she hasn’t decided whether Porter or Baugh will get her vote, she said inflation will be on her mind when she casts her ballot.Financial pressures are particularly pronounced in working-class congressional districts like the newly drawn 45th, wherea Navy Reserve intelligence officer and member of the Board of Trustees for Mt. San Antonio Community College.
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