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Steve Inskeep

Ohio and Pennsylvania voters aren't reading from their assigned scripts

The city of Barberton, Ohio, recently shifted Republican after decades of Democratic leadership. (Ally Schweitzer/NPR)

Voters in two districts have a chance to decide control of Congress this fall. They're inundated with ads and speeches. Yet interviews in those districts in Ohio and Pennsylvania found many voters not necessarily thinking through the issues as their parties would prefer.

Some Democrats voiced concerns about crime and inflation — issues Republicans highlight. Abortion rights supporters are motivated by a Supreme Court ruling — but so are abortion opponents. Republicans prepared to vote even as some talked of a successor to former President Trump, or criticized the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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