Food banks in key swing states are reporting record-level increases in the number of people in need as the presidential election looms on the horizon. This development could indicate trouble for Vice President Kamala Harris as she fights for votes in these states.
In rural and urban areas, more people are turning to food banks amid high inflation rates and skyrocketing prices at grocery stores,” according to NBC News.
Across the rural communities and industrial towns of western Michigan, semitrucks hauling thousands of pounds of food are pulling up to church parking lots and community centers where growing lines of people are waiting for a few boxes of free groceries.
One truck can carry enough food for up to 600 households, but some days even that isn’t enough to meet the demand, which has gone up by 18% over the past 12 months, said Ken Estelle,…
