Voters in a key Pennsylvania swing district weigh in on Trump, gas prices and Iran war
Many Millersburg voters said they supported Trump in the war.
“I think we have to do what we have to do to keep this country safe, so what if that means paying a little more gas right now to keep everyone safe, then that’s what we have to do, and eventually they will come back,” said Kim Schaffner, 52, of Dalmatia, who lives just outside the 10th District in Republican Dan Meuser’s turf.
She said she would go to the polls in November and vote Republican.
Jim Matter, 69, of Halifax, where Trump won 75% of the vote in 2024, said he thinks war with Iran is worth soaring gas prices.
“In the long run, it’s going to help us, because if they get nuclear weapons, we might not even be here in a few years,” he said, adding that he hasn’t completely decided whether to vote for Perry in November.
“Wait until it gets closer,” Matter said, “but I’ll probably vote for him.”
But not all Trump voters plan to turn out for Perry.
Even some fans of the president — and critics of the Democratic Party — say they’re not sure they’ll vote Republican, or even vote at all, in the midterms.
Roy Strohecker, 66, said he voted for Trump and supports the war. But, he said, as he pumped gasoline into a can in the back of his truck, he wasn’t happy about the rising cost of fuel. A retired farmer, Strohecker is on a fixed income and he said he is disappointed that inflation has continued in the year and a half since he voted for Trump over then-President Joe Biden.
