Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Deep-red Kansas votes for change as patience wears thin with Trump: ‘The economy is really taking a beating’

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Bills have soared in rural state buffeted by tariffs and war in Iran – and Democrat Adam Hamilton’s stunning upset shows how deep economic frustrations runLinda Olson always does her homework before voting – a trait she inherited from a family invested, and interested, in politics. Her father was a photographer who took portraits of political leaders in Washington, while her grandparents were farmers who cared deeply about their industry.In 2024, Olson’s research led her to Donald Trump. She trusted that the then-former president would improve their economic realities in Junction City, Kansas – where she was born and raised – if he returned to the White House. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/kansas-voters-trump-republicans-dispatch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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