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'We were lied to': Swing voters abandon Trump as 3 issues spark a crisis

alternet.org · 6dShare

Veteran Republican pollster and Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell said that, for the most part, swing voters couldn't care less about the plague of scandals coming from President Donald Trump's administration. Recently, that has changed, however. "When we do these focus groups, there are three issues that are consistently driving swing voters away from Trump and the GOP," Longwell wrote on Tuesday for The Bulwark . The first on the list is the affordability crisis and all the economic issues that go along with it, from housing costs to low wages that don't keep up with inflation, to gas, groceries, and more. Before the economy took a turn, people were content to go on with their lives. Now, everything matters and voters are keeping an eye on every detail. One Arizona swing voter that Longwell recalled chatting with in 2023 said he would “put up with [Trump’s] bull ---- and just turn off CNN and Fox for the next four years after that." This was largely because he assumed Trump would impr

First report: GOP 'has no idea how to function' as voters break with 'distracted' Trump — alternet.org, 6d