Swing voters say Trump hasn't delivered on his promise to lower prices

NPR | By Tamara Keith

Published September 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM EDT

As the midterms near, NPR's Tamara Keith has another installment of her Swing Shift project. Three swing voters in Pennsylvania tell us what affordability means to them.

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Tamara Keith is a Senior Political Correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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