PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 Governor Josh Shapiro held a rally in Northwest Philadelphia on Sunday, campaigning for his reelection ahead of Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n
He was joined by Mayor Cherelle Parker and other Philly elected officials at the Finley Recreation Center in Mt. Airy.<\/p>\n
Affordability was the main issue discussed at the rally, with Shapiro directly calling out what he calls the \u201cchaos, cruelty and corruption\u201d of the Trump Administration, focusing in particular on points like the tariffs imposed on Canada. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe paid $2,100 more because of these tariffs. $1,000 more for fuel because of the war,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cThat means each of us are paying a $3,100 chaos tax in America today because of Donald Trump.\u201d <\/p>\n
Those figures appear to stem from estimates calculated by Senate Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee<\/a> and Moody\u2019s economist Mark Zandi<\/a>. <\/p>\n At the rally, affordability was also the issue at the top of many voters\u2019 minds. <\/p>\n One rallygoer, Ron McAllister, said feeding his family of five has become increasingly difficult over the last few years. <\/p>\n \u201cI was paying like $800 a month,\u201d he said. \u201cNow I\u2019m up to like $1,200 a month in grocery bills. That\u2019s huge, that\u2019s a lot of money.\u201d <\/p>\n Curtis Archie, another voter, lives on social security, and said his tightened checkbook has forced him to make sacrifices.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to make a decision if I\u2019m going to the pump or the grocery store. But I never do both,\u201d Archie said. \u201cVery frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n Polling stations will open at 7 a.m. on election day, Tuesday, and accept voters until 8 p.m. Anyone still waiting in line at polling stations at 8 p.m. must be allowed to vote.<\/p>\n