President Trump and Democrats are fighting over affordability after voters delivered a major rebuke to the Republican Party in key elections this week.

Democrats notched blowout victories in the New Jersey and Virginia governors races Tuesday, flipping state legislative seats in red districts and recapturing areas that shifted rightward along the way.

Strategists in both parties attributed the Democratic victories to growing concerns about the rising cost of living and unique ways that successful Democratic candidates addressed them.

The annual inflation rate rose to 3 percent in September, as measured by the consumer price index, equaling its level when Trump took office in January. The president, however, has dismissed Democratic messaging on affordability as a “con.”

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