Expert weighs in on when voters could see relief from high costs

Heading to the polls with their pocketbooks in mind, voters changed the balance of power in Washington and Minnesota. Now many are anxious to see prices drop.

“The election results this week were astounding and the one big message coming out of it is Americans are sick and tired of rising costs,” said Larry Jacobs, a professor of politics at the University of Minnesota. “Expectations are very high and understandably so after such a remarkable election but government doesn’t move fast. The democrats are going to have to work things out among themselves there’s some big differences and then they’re going to have to work them out with Donald Trump.”
               
Just days before election day, our KSTP Survey USA poll showed inflation and the cost of living as the most important issue for 39% of those ...