jeanie: thanks.rican voters are not known for their huge turnouts at the polls, but this midterm election pushed a lot of people to cast their ballots early. almost 46 million people voted early, either with mail-in votes or in person. higher than in 2018. with the democrats coming out more than the republicans. while abortion may have been one of the big issues in the campaign, that was overshadowed by the economy, as charis garland reports. reporter: it is on many voters minds, and words on many americans lips. >> i think inflation -- >> inflation -- reporter: after peaking above 9% in june, inflation remained high at 8.2% in september, and consumers are feeling the pinch in the supermarket aisles, with the price of flour up 24%, and the cast of eggs at 30%. on top of this, mortgage rates are the highest in 20 years, just over 7%. republicans made the economy one of their main campaign issues, but for some voters, it is not the be all and all. >> people are more worried about inflation but they don