Voters who sat out 2020 weigh whether to jump in for Trump or Harris this time
Voters who sat out 2020 weigh whether to jump in for Trump or Harris this time
Focus group participants who didn’t vote in the high-turnout presidential election largely had fond memories of the Trump-era economy.
Among these voters, Harris gets a boost because they believe she would protect abortion rights, and some have broader hopes that electing the first female president could send a strong message to the country. But she’s weighed down by a number of important factors: a dim diagnosis of America’s economy, negative views about life during President Joe Biden’s administration and a lack of familiarity with her, which has bred ambivalence and distrust.
It’s different for Trump, one of the best-known political figures on the planet. Some of these voters believe his conduct during his time in office has disqualified him in their eyes, and even some of his supporters fear he’d focus more in a second term on fighting his enemies than on governing.
Still, a majority of the 12 participants in two sessions — part of the NBC News Deciders Focus Group, produced in collaboration with Syracuse University and the research firms Engagious and Sago — are leaning toward Trump for the oldest reason in politics: It’s the economy.
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Selling democracy and the rule of law for empty promises of a slightly better economy.
I don't care how out of touch with reality these people are, they remember January 6th, they know what Trump is all about. Supporting the fascists now because of the economy is no different than supporting them then because at least the trains run on time.
Well, that's not entirely fair. The fascists then weren't running on a platform that was guaranteed to derail the trains.
Selling is the wrong word. They already own it. It's all just distractions and projecting.
There are only two groups of voters.
People that are voting to save democracy, and people that want to destroy it.
If someone tells you they're not voting or they are undecided. The reality is they're voting to destroy democracy.
It is unironically the least nuanced election choice in American (and probably global) history