Older women are spooked by the economy. Their vote is up for grabs.

The midterms are coming, and older women voters are spooked about the economy.

That’s the message from a new AARP survey of American voters, with a focus on women ages 50 and over. It comes in the run-up to a pivotal round of midterm elections in November.

Half of women voters 50 and older expect the economy to get worse in the next year, the survey found. Only 31% expect it to get better.

Half of older women feel less financially secure now than a year ago, the survey found, compared with only one-third of men the same age.

Political candidates of both major parties will be crafting ads and speeches to reach older women, a demographic group whose 2026 vote could go either way, the survey's pollsters said.