From fuel to food and a day at the football, Americans are feeling the burden of the rising cost of living. It’s the only issue on the mind of many voters as they prepare to cast their ballot in the US midterm elections.

It’s a quiet Sunday morning in Lansing, Michigan. The low autumn sun lights the interior of the Hob Nob cafe, illuminating a table of young regulars, including theflat cap-wearing Nicholas Kolacz.
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