Older Americans feel less of the affordability crunch. How that could affect the midterm elections

Affordability is a major theme of the upcoming midterm elections . But not all households are feeling the financial strain equally — and that could have implications for how people vote in November, according to economists and political experts. Specifically, older Americans are more insulated from the affordability crunch than younger households like millennials, the experts said. "Affordability is the central issue in the forthcoming midterm elections," said William Galston, a senior fellow and chair of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a think tank. "Nothing else is close." "Who's feeling these pressures the least? Seniors," he said.