Nearly 70% Say Skyrocketing Food Prices Motivating Them to Vote In Midterms

(Austin, TX—October 3, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted September 17th through September 20th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

“This data reveals that skyrocketing grocery prices are really starting to hit Americans hard, even beyond the initial pinch they have been feeling due to surging inflation. Voters are keenly aware that this is the result of disastrous and reckless policies being pursued by the Biden Administration such as the so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ which ironically increases spending and therefore further drives inflation,” said Mark Meckler, President of the Convention of States. “Election observers are constantly looking for that one, top of mind issue that is affecting the mood–ultimately the decisions–of the electorate, and when almost 70% of voters indicate they are mad enough about food prices that it makes them more likely to vote, that’s a real-time indicator that it’s an issue which as risen to that status.”

For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit:

https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/nat-issues-groceries-0922/

KEY INSIGHT: The Majority of Voters Say Their Motivation To Vote in the 2022 Election Impacted by Increasing Grocery Prices:

• 68.3 percent of voters say that the increase in the price of groceries is impacting their motivation to vote in the 2022 election:
  • 51.2 percent say their motivation has increased very much
  • 17.1 percent say their motivation has increased somewhat

• 31.8 percent say that the increase in the price of groceries is not significantly impacting their motivation to vote in the 2022 election:
  • 15.8 percent say their motivation has not increased very much 
  • 16 percent say their motivation has not increased at all

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Independents and Majority of Republicans Say That Increasing Prices of Groceries Impacting Their Motivation To Vote in the 2022 Election, Majority of Democrats Say No Significant Impact:

• 64.1 percent of Independent voters say that the increase in the price of groceries is impacting their motivation to vote in the 2022 election. 35.9 percent say it is not significantly impacting their motivation to vote. 

• 89.4 percent of Republicans say that the increase in the price of groceries is impacting their motivation to vote in the 2022 election. 10.7 percent say it is not significantly impacting their motivation to vote. 

• 43.4 percent of Democrats say that the increase in the price of groceries is significantly impacting their motivation to vote in the 2022 election. 56.7 percent say it is not significantly impacting their motivation to vote.