Voters Fear the America They’ve Known Is Slipping Away. On that, the Left and Right Agree – WTOP News
Anxiety over political and cultural change is pushing some first-time and longtime voters to the polls as control of Congress hangs in the balance.
- Voters across the United States are casting ballots in the 2026 midterm elections to determine control of the Senate and House, amid widespread anxiety that the nation's bedrock is at risk.
- Many voters describe a pervasive sense of division, citing political hate and corruption as evidence that the America they have known is slipping away from them.
- Arthur Horner, 59, voted to "put the brakes on just the madness," while Democrat Linda Markle, 72, said "I am so afraid for this country" and called the division "horrible."
- Cattle rancher Elizabeth Marlett, 61, cited "society's leftward lurch" as a concern, while Republican Chris Smith, 27, sympathized with critics of Trump but backed his manufacturing and tariff goals.
- High stakes prompted first-time voter Shane Dunn, 65, to participate, while Lynn Henderson, 68, voted with his grandsons hoping for Democratic victories to "make a difference.
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Voters fear the America they’ve known is slipping away. On that, the left and right agree – WTOP News
The stakes in Tuesday’s elections are so high that Shane Dunn voted for the first time in his life, at age 65. After a career as a cook up and down the East Coast, Dunn moved to the Philadelphia suburbs and voted last week in Levittown. “I was always a busy man,” he said. But now, “I’m learning what’s going on within our country and this is actually what brought me out.” Democrats got his vote. “It feels great, to put my word in,” he said, patti…
Voters on the Left and Right Agree: The America They Knew Is Slipping Away
NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal The stakes in Tuesday’s midterm elections felt so significant to Shane Dunn that he cast his first ballot at 65. The stakes in Tuesday’s midterm elections felt so significant to Shane Dunn that he cast his first ballot at 65. Dunn, a lifelong cook who worked along the East Coast, recently settled in suburban Philadelphia […]
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