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Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds

A KFF poll shows health care and gas prices are top economic concerns for voters.

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Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds

What this story says

  • Voters trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle healthcare costs, according to a KFF poll.
  • Health care costs and gas prices are the top economic concerns for voters heading into the midterm elections.
  • Democrats are more motivated to vote in the upcoming midterm elections than Republicans, the poll found.
  • The poll was conducted by the nonpartisan health organization KFF.

Who covered it

Left 67%(4)Centre 33%(2)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

45/100

Hype

20/100

6 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Voters express more confidence in Democrats than Republicans to address the cost of healthcare, according to a poll by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. The survey also found that health care costs and gas prices are the primary economic concerns for voters as they approach the midterm elections. Additionally, the KFF poll indicated that Democrats are more motivated to vote in the upcoming November elections compared to Republicans.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the left or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific date the KFF poll was released, other than noting it was published on a Tuesday.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 6 Oct 2026, 14:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

4 rated outlets

  • Four left-rated reports led with the finding that Democrats are more trusted on healthcare costs. These reports also highlighted that Democrats are more motivated to vote in the midterm elections than Republicans, potentially giving the party an advantage in flipping at least one chamber of Congress. The KFF poll was cited as the source for these findings.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • Two centre-rated reports focused on the margin by which voters trust Democrats over Republicans on healthcare costs, with one noting this margin was nearly two-to-one. Both reports also stated that health care costs and gas costs are the top economic concerns for voters heading into the midterm elections, according to the KFF poll.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds biased?
Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Voters trust Democrats more on healthcare costs, poll finds?
6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Which party do voters trust more to handle healthcare costs?
According to a KFF poll, voters trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the cost of healthcare. This trust extends to the broader cost of living as well.
What are the top economic concerns for voters?
The top economic concerns for voters heading into the midterm elections are health care costs and gas prices, which tied as the leading issues in a KFF poll.
Which party is more motivated to vote in the midterms?
A KFF poll found that Democrats are more motivated to vote in the upcoming November midterm elections than Republicans, which could provide an electoral advantage.

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