Family caregivers are seeking to make their plight a 2024 campaign issue after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the lack of support for the more than 53 million people who provide unpaid care to parents, spouses, friends and disabled children. Exhausted from shortages of workers who help care for people who need it and the rising costs of caregiving, advocates argue caregivers could become a powerful voting bloc in next year’s elections. Advocates are pushing for a permanent structure that includes 12 weeks of paid leave, caregiver tax credits, child care affordability measures and the expansion of services that allow people with disabilities and older people to receive extra help in their homes and communities.