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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Economy and Politics in Rural Ohio [Watch (HLS stream): Economy and Politics in Rural Ohio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qZyfW35J.m3u8) (5:58)  _Published 2008-10-30. At a small town auction and in the local cafe, rural Ohioans worry about the economy and ponder their choice for president_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:02 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Bridging an Urban-Rural Divide](/video/iCgbkmEr/) ### Bridging an Urban-Rural Divide [The RNC and Cleveland's Economy](/video/2H9Z2Ljo/) ### The RNC and Cleveland's Economy [Egypt: A Look At the Economy](/video/Wii0vK5x/) ### Egypt: A Look At the Economy --- ## Transcript -[ Foreign Language ] >> Saturday night in Kinsman, Ohio, where small town values means bargains at the weekly auction. >> The solid wood bird house. Okay, you fill up from the top. >> This auction was called Family Auction Center. It's a family on unit with brown things that the family can use. >> Five hundred five. >> You know, it's a holiday in auction. >> Here close the [ unk ] right here. [ unk ]. >> Don Latrey and his son Joseph run these sales in a building that has served over the years as both dance hall and gambling hall now packed with bargain hunters. Many of whom are struggling in a wobbly economy. >> Pretty much we're here to help the people, you know, and the way the economy and all like gas prices and everything gone up. We're here to help and save people some green and have fun. That's one of our biggest goals just make people laugh and have fun. >> On the hand-- makes a great back scratcher too. >> Kinda got a way trying to beat the retail prices. >> Sold at $ 7. >> Kinsman is a lot like other communities in the world in Northeastern Ohio; open fields, clean air, probably old fashion. >> We'll take this country back to after World War II where there are stronger buildings, helping each other out. That is this area's about. This stereo here is the last in the areas, where people will go out of the way for you. You know, if they see you, you know, walking and they'll stop by and say, " You need a ride home. Where you're going ?" You can't do that in the city. >> This people who live here drive several miles to jobs in the nearby towns. The summer's high gas prices and rising food costs have meant folks were already hurting economically. >> Ordinary people in this area and in fact across the country have been feeling the economic crisis long before we saw it on Wall Street. You know, people were beginning to feel the pinch with their mortgage. They were certainly feeling it with fuel prices. >> The economy in the financial prices are big topics of discussion on Sunday morning at Nancy's cozy café. >> And markets were doing this bad and of course you have to sacrifice and cut your own budget and watch what you're spending. Just make sure you're saving for that rainy day that appears to be coming. The Crosby family with three generations of Michaels at the tablet splurges on breakfast after church. >> We don't know about our pensions and we don't-- I'm a retiree from General Motors and I don't know how they're going to end up and, you know, they know their stock is down [ unk ]. It's a concern everybody in my neighborhood. >> I went to Walmart one day and I spent $ 130 on groceries and Jolan has never been upset with me ever what I've spent for groceries now. And I knew that he wouldn't be upset with me because he understands the rising prices of gas and how it's affected everything. And I actually took my groceries out to the car. I think I had 6 papers spent $ 130 and I stared to my pocket, I cried because I thought to myself I just couldn't believe this and I didn't even get everything that is on my list. >> I prior re- elections, poll showed rule townships like Kinsman to be home of the so- called values voters. Republican party themes resonated well here. >> Now we just came from the church and they spread out the voter issue guide in how they [ unk ] a majority of the issues that you don't hear about every day. I technically really have to think about morality as, you know, as one of our core foundations of America and they just seems to be in the background and all the time that was so many special interests. >> But this year the economy appears to be trumping moral values in many voter's minds. >> What I've been hearing it any of the rallies that I've been going to and anybody I'm talking to is a concern about the economy and that's their number one question. And what they want are concrete ideas of what is gonna happen. >> The presidential candidate who makes the best case for the economy can gain ground in this farmland community though it may takes some convincing. >> We have over 300 million people in this country and we have two candidates ended up running for president and quite honestly, I don't like either one of them. I don't think either one of them is a proper candidate in the best that we could get out of all the people we have in this country. >> I considered not voting at all because I don't really care for either one. >> I'm not a Republican or Democrat. I mean but at this state in the game, I honestly feel that I don't feel that we can live under another Republican president. I wanna be able to enjoy myself every day. I wanna be able to stop and look at the things and just to enjoy things. I'd like to be able to do extra things and just to be able to just appreciate life and somehow all this economic baloney that's going on around us really sucks the joy out of life. -[ unk ] five and six, going six and seven-- here you go, here you go. >> Small town resilience means Kinsman is aptly named. People find kinship in hardship and rely on each other when the dollar doesn't go as far. >> When we had customers who are not doing so well, there are people bringing box of food to get well. >> To me, this auction obviously, you should move to a bigger city they'll do better. 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