For many US voters, the economy is personal and they blame the Democrats

Tiesha Blackwell sits in her apartment, where she works from home, in Lincoln Park, Michigan, U.S., October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

DETROIT (Reuters) - Tiesha Blackwell, 24, voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but says she is casting her ballot for Republican former President Donald Trump this year, and high food and housing prices are a chief reason.

Blackwell, who lives southwest of Detroit in the battleground state of Michigan, says she has a better job now, but her rent has since doubled after she was forced to move, and her grocery and utility bills have soared.