DiscoverThe Focus Group PodcastS6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)
S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)

S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)

Update: 2026-04-112
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode has been updated to remove comments made by or about a focus group participant who we believe misrepresented his political viewpoints to gain access to the group. We are reviewing our participant screening processes accordingly.

If there's a blue wave in the 2026 elections, it'll be either because new people start voting for Democrats, or the current Republican base gets sad and stays home. So we convened a focus group of 2020 and 2024 Trump voters who are unhappy with his administration to give you a sample of the kind of despair that could keep Republicans home in November. Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, returns to the show to break down the midterm landscape.

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S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)

S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)

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