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The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

It’s affordability, stupid: Republicans pay price for Trump’s forgotten promise

people hold signs supporting Donald Trump including one that reads 'our grocery bills miss Trump'
Donald Trump campaigns in Wildwood, New Jersey, on 11 May 2024. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Perhaps the most revealing postmortem on Republicans’ election night meltdown came from the vice-president, JD Vance.

After a night that saw Democratic governors elected in New Jersey and Virginia after focusing on the rising cost of living, and a New York mayoral campaign victory built on housing access, Vance showed a particular kind of remorse.

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