Election 2025: Key Issues Shaping the Campaign Trail
Maya Ezzeddine
Housing costs, health care and the economy top voters' concerns. Here is how the candidates are answering them.
With the campaign entering its final stretch, the issues dominating town halls look familiar: the cost of housing, access to affordable health care and whether wages are keeping pace with prices.
What voters tell us
Our reporters spoke with more than two hundred voters across urban and rural districts. Almost every conversation came back to monthly budgets. Climate policy and education followed closely, especially among younger voters.
How the campaigns respond
Both leading campaigns have published detailed plans on housing, but they differ sharply on how to pay for them. We break down each proposal, the independent cost estimates and what experts say is realistic.