Grocery Prices Influence Voters in Presidential Election

CITY COLLEGE–Not long ago Precious Utobunwa, a junior at The City College of New York (CCNY) majoring in computer science, remembers paying four dollars for a gyro in the Bronx. Now he pays six or seven dollars. Since the pandemic, prices have continued to rise and the cost of putting food on the table is a problem for his family. “I’ve had to switch grocery stores multiple times to get cheaper meat to cook for my younger sister and brothers as well,” he said. That’s why Precious will not vote in the upcoming presidential election.

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