What Issues Will Decide the 2022 Midterm Elections?
Abortion? Inflation? Immigration? Marijuana decriminalization? Student debt? Trump? Biden? BU experts sound off on what might influence voters the most come election day

Climate change (from left), marijuana decriminalization, abortion rights, and gas prices are four issues that will weigh heavily on voters come November 8. Photos by Matt Palmer (from left), Matthew Brodeur, Gayatri Malhotra, and Yassine Khalfalli, all via Unsplash
What Issues Will Decide the 2022 Midterm Elections?
Abortion? Inflation? Immigration? Marijuana decriminalization? Student debt? Trump? Biden? BU experts sound off on what might influence voters the most come election day
Inflation. Abortion. Immigration. Climate change. Marijuana decriminalization. Student debt. Ukraine. China. Russia. Donald Trump. President Biden.
Any of those hot-topic issues could help shape the results of this year’s midterm elections. It seems like the political pendulum swings in a new direction every day, shifting left toward Democrats one day, pivoting right toward Republicans the next. We asked a number of Boston University faculty experts this question:
What issue or issues do you believe or hope will weigh the heaviest on voters come election day, November 8?
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