Inflation likely dominates perceptions because of its personal impact. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (72%) say that changes in the inflation rate have impacted them negatively – including majorities of Democrats (59%), Independents (74%), and Republicans (83%).

The issue of inflation and prices is “very important” to registered voters when looking at November’s midterm elections. More than three in five registered voters (63%) call this issue very important, including 58% of Democrats and 85% of Republicans.

But the issues that registered voters who are Democrats are most likely to call “very important” when deciding how to vote in the November elections are civil rights (78%), health care (75%), guns (73%), abortion (71%), and civil liberties (71%) — not inflation. Registered voters who are Republicans are more likely to call inflation very important in deciding their vote. Their top issues for the election are inflation/prices (85%), national security (75%), crime (73%), and jobs and the economy (73%).