SCOUT· 60%1h 08m·2026-10-23·Arts CultureWhat Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed
Sarah Longwell has probably conducted more focus groups with Trump voters than anyone else in America — hundreds of them, starting in Trump’s first term. So she has a treasure trove of qualitative evidence of how voters have evolved in the Trump era and why many of the president’s voters are souring on him now.…
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“The fact that Trump's approval rating isn't 10-25% after all he has done is what spooks all western democracies and close allies.”
“Anyone who thought Donald Trump was going to focus on them and not himself, I just will never understand that.”
“Most Americans would be cool with authoritarianism, corruption, weaponizing of DOJ, destroying rule of law, being a rogue state internationally, if only prices on the things they care about were lower. It's so depressing.”
“What's interesting to me is how these groups will never say they don't like trump, because he's a liar, because he's a misogynist, because he's a convicted sexual abuser, an adjudicated rapist, he tried to overthrow the government. He's bas…”
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