AARP sees more than typical voter enthusiasm

Word on the street is that voters are more energized for the upcoming election than for your typical midterm.

Absolutely true, says Lisa Lamkins from Wisconsin AARP. Even older voters tend to be less enthusiastic about midterms but Lamkins said this time is different, and one issue may be the reason for that.

“Without a doubt, whenever we go out and talk to people, they are interested in health care,” she said.

Lamkins added that especially older voters are worried.

“They’re worried that they won’t have coverage for pre-existing conditions,” she said. “They’re worried that they won’t have affordable health care. People are worried about the future of Medicare.”

Lamkins said the future of Social Security also weighs on the minds of voters, but nothing rivals health care as the No. 1 concern.

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found while Democrats and independents look at health care as their top issue in the upcoming election. Republicans are more apt to pick immigration and the economy as number one.