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Fox News Poll: Cost-of-living concerns weigh on GOP in midterms

The Fox News survey finds six in ten voters name the cost of living as their top economic worry heading into the midterms; groceries remain undefeated.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new Fox News poll has Trump's approval on inflation at a new low of twenty-two percent, with six in ten voters naming the cost of living as their top worry.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip Waverly is at a grocery store tonight.

  3. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside a grocery store where a rotisserie chicken now has its own security tag, and the shoppers behind me are doing math out loud.

  4. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSix in ten voters say prices worry them most, and I believe that is a desk-ready observation.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNoted.

  6. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSir, you just walked out with one bag. What does twenty-two percent mean to you?

  7. Lyle OsterhausIt means I put the eggs back, walked around the store, and then bought one egg.

  8. Lyle OsterhausIt's a very expensive egg, and I'm a little emotionally invested in it.

  9. Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentAnd how would you rate my work out here tonight, since we're counting?

  10. Lyle OsterhausTwenty-two percent.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's higher than I expected.

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