A local political expert believes this year's voting turnout will be higher than the midterms of four year's ago.

What's the number one thing that brings people to get out and vote?

According to YSU Political Science professor, Dr. Paul Sracic, it's anger.
And right now, there's a lot of it.

"If things go well in the country the President gets credit. if things are not going well, the President gets blamed. Voters are angry I think right now about the state of the economy in the United States. So they are mad about inflation and that drives people to the polls," said Sracic.

Sracic says the last midterm election in 2018 had the more Americans voting than ever before and he thinks this midterm will exceed that. A normal midterm high is 40% of voters, next Tuesday he expects more than 50%.

So why are more people voting in these recent elections? Dr. Sracic says, especially here in Ohio, it's actually very easy to vote. In Mahoning County, early voting is attracting more and more people every year.

And now there's a higher sense of partisanship amongst voters.

"People drive out to the polls to vote against things and maybe against the other party. Right now we know how polarized the population is. How angry democrats are against republicans and how angry republicans are against democrats. That means they aren't going to stay home," said Sracic.

There are still those somewhere in the middle of the two big parties but this year Sracic thinks they will probably turnout to vote because of the much higher cost of living.