The demographics most worried about inflation

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Inflation is up, and it's causing nonwhite voters more stress than their white counterparts, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds.

Specifically, 35 percent of Black, Hispanic, Asian-American, and other voters who identify as something other than white said the current levels of inflation are triggering "major financial strain in their lives," the Journal found. That's compared to 28 percent of white voters.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.