Leading for these Republican voters on Tuesday were inflation, immigration and education. Jennie Austin, a 62-year-old voter who was undecided about going to the polls on Tuesday, said she noticed a rise in food prices when mushroom soup became $ 2 a box. He said road improvements and gas prices were also areas of concern. Austin, who was a Democrat until the second term of former President Barack Obama and voted for former President Donald Trump in both 2020 and 2016, condemned the current “mud” in politics. Cisco Cividanes, a 77-year-old retired Marine who worked for the state, said that while he spent $ 275 a week on food, he now spends $ 290. “What they are doing in Washington is affecting us here in North Virginia,” he said. “She is OK. “So many families are struggling,” said Linda Robertson, a 74-year-old retired school bus driver who drove students of all ages to Stafford for 30 years. He cited rising gas prices as a problem. As a widow, Robertson said, “It’s hard to be alone.” He also cited immigration as a major concern, saying Trump, whom he voted for in 2020 and 2016, was “not a politician, but rather a ‘businessman’ and ‘did a good job.’ “I’m deep down because I’m tired of what ‘s happening,” said Juliet Schweiter, an assistant teacher and mother of three. Schweiter, a Stafford county voter, volunteered for Crystal Vanuch’s campaign for Congress on Tuesday and is said to have backed Vanuch on Vanuch’s campaign website. Vanuch is the current chairman of Stafford County and a Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives. “I have done my personal job to be in politics,” Schweiter said, adding that she speaks to the community and her friends about politics and the importance of voting. Schweizer rallied for Virginia Glen’s governor Glenn Yangkin last November and told her neighbors about him, she said. He cited borders, critical race theory (CRT), second amendment rights and inflation as key areas of concern, and said the current government was “raising its hands, saying ‘I do not know what to do’. “I always voted for the issues,” Schweiter said. “The Democratic Party has escaped from the depths.” Edward O’Brien, a 59-year-old Republican voter, said he was “disgusted with all the issues” and listed “borders”, “fossil fuel production limits” and “forced electric vehicle production” as the most pressing his concerns. “People do not want a rapid transition to electric vehicles,” he said. Similarly, Michelle West, a 59-year-old Republican voter who voted for Trump in 2020 and 2016, said education, borders and inflation are also the top three issues she is most interested in. He said he wanted to see “more parental involvement” in schools and believed “CRT should go”. Anthony Johnson, a CNN Democratic voter who spoke to Stafford on Tuesday, said “voter rights,” “gender equality,” and “human rights” were paramount. “It is a right, a privilege and an honor to vote,” said the 56-year-old Democrat.
