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US voters share why they cast their ballots – from frustration with Trump to affordability concerns

Robert Tait in Portland, Maine, Joseph Gedeon in Dearborn, Michigan, Ed Pilkington in Anchorage, Alaska, and George Chidi in Atlanta, Georgia·The Guardian·November 3, 2026
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‘It’s the disregard for the rule of law. It just seems like they’re thumbing their nose at it’ In the battleground state of Maine , Todd Cox, 63, has supported the state’s incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins not once, but twice, in previous elections. Not this time. On Tuesday, Cox, a technology professional, cast his vote for Collins’ Democratic challenger Troy Jackson – driven not by pressing local issues, but broader concern “for the direction the country is going in”, he said. Continue reading...

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