# Runaway Healthcare Costs Came Back To Haunt GOP During Midterms, Exit Polls Show

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/runaway-healthcare-costs-came-back-to-haunt-gop-during-midterms-exit-polls-show/
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:37:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T19:10:15+00:00
- Original publisher: The Daily Caller (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2026/11/05/runaway-healthcare-costs-midterms-democrats-republicans-fraud-trump-administration
- Topics: Elections, Politics

## Key points

- Healthcare costs concerned 85% of voters.
- Most voters who said costs worsened backed Democrats.
- Family premiums rose 9% in 2026.

## Summary

Exit polls suggest concerns about healthcare affordability helped drive voters towards Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s midterm elections, putting pressure on Republicans during President Donald Trump’s administration. Most voters said they were worried about costs, and large majorities of those who believed the administration had made healthcare costs or access worse voted Democratic.

An NBC-reported SSRS poll of more than 75,000 voters found that 85% were at least somewhat concerned about their personal healthcare costs; 60% of them backed Democrats. Family health insurance premiums rose 9% in 2026, with workers paying an average of $7,471 annually, up from $6,850 in 2025, according to KFF. Separately, an August survey of likely voters in nine Senate battleground states found 79% considered healthcare costs very important to their vote, while respondents favoured a Republican subsidy proposal over a Democratic approach by 46% to 39%.

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