So much for the leftist narrative that the new Trump voters have buyers remorse.

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Every Arizona swing voter in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups said they approve of President Trump's actions since taking office and most also support Elon Musk's efforts to slash government.

Why it matters: Public opinion can constrain presidents when Congress does not. But these 11 voters all of whom backed Joe Biden in 2020 but switched to Trump last November said they're good with Trump aggressively testing disruptive, expansionist expressions of presidential power that are piling up in court challenges.

• It's needed to "get America back on track," one participant said.

What we're watching: One notable area of disagreement with Trump: The idea of the U.S. displacing Palestinians and taking over and redeveloping Gaza. These swing voters want Trump to stick with Americans' needs inside the U.S.

• Some would like to see him do more, sooner, to rein in consumer costs. But several said they don't mind that Trump's early actions haven't primarily focused on inflation even when that was their top issue in the election and said they can be patient if prices don't come down for a while.
• Several doubt the warnings that tariffs may translate to long-term price increases for American consumers.
• Several expressed views that "waste, fraud and abuse" are so prevalent that government agencies can be slashed or eliminated without hurting services on which they depend.

How it works: The voters participated in two online focus groups, conducted Feb. 11. They included 11 Arizonans who backed Trump last year, after rejecting Trump for Biden in 2020. Eight were independents, two were Republicans and one was a Democrat.

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https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/arizona-voters-trump-elon-musk-executive-orders

Hope Arizona can fix their electoral system.

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It's like the blinders have finally come off and people are seeing the truth. The lies and gaslighting of the Democrats and legacy media have been exposed, and the majority center-right public isn't being fooled or intimidated by them any longer. Trump and Musk have emboldened people to think and say what they have always known to be true - our federal government it too big, is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse, and something has to be done about it immediately.

They are watching the new administration prove and confirm what they have sensed all along, and agree with doing what needs to be done to fix it. It's a national awakening.

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Its very encouraging. Its not far wrong to say that most internal serious problems today are generated by the federal government and the national media. And that those same entities most obstruct the resolving of those problems. (A good example is the MSM continuing to try to stoke the grievance agenda).

It also means Trump probably has the popular backing to defy mean-spirited obstructionist lawfare if he has to resort to that to get some of the massive corruption removed.

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Hope Arizona can fix their electoral system.

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Don't hold your breath. Dems control nearly all of the state offices and like that awful system just fine. Only way they were elected in 2022.

When prices start rising, as even Trump has admitted they will, they will swing back unfortunately.

People are broken, and they'll grasp at any straw. There seems to be no plans by the govt to actually reign in prices, reduce inflation etc..... he's mainly focused on policies that will raise prices to maintain profits( the govt should not be looking out for corporate profits either)
. If he would focus on deregulation and lowering taxes like and actual small gov capitalist it would help...

That's one facet of populism I think many are neglecting. You don't promise to be Santa Claus unless you can be Santa. When you don't deliver on the things most people wanted( lowering prices and taxes was an extremely high priority for most swing voters), the smoke show doesn't mean anything.

The dems just found out the hard way the truth in not delivering on promises.

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Ag87H2O said:

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It's like the blinders have finally come off and people are seeing the truth. The lies and gaslighting of the Democrats and legacy media have been exposed, and the majority center-right public isn't being fooled or intimidated by them any longer. Trump and Musk have emboldened people to think and say what they have always known to be true - our federal government it too big, is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse, and something has to be done about it immediately.

They are watching the new administration prove and confirm what they have sensed all along, and agree with doing what needs to be done to fix it. It's a national awakening.

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Its very encouraging. Its not far wrong to say that most internal serious problems today are generated by the federal government and the national media. And that those same entities most obstruct the resolving of those problems. (A good example is the MSM continuing to try to stoke the grievance agenda).

It also means Trump probably has the popular backing to defy mean-spirited obstructionist lawfare if he has to resort to that to get some of the massive corruption removed.

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What is also encouraging is that I think most people understand that we didn't get here overnight and that it will take time to clean it up. I also think they accept that there may be some short term pain to attain the long term benefit of finally cleaning this mess up. Kind of like Reagan in the early 80s. It hurt in 81'-83' but then rates and inflation came down and the expansion started and it proved to be the right course for the economy for over a decade.

It's an incredible opportunity that can't be missed.

Huge amount of leftist activity on X. Especially from politicians accounts, trying to push false narratives.

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The dems just found out the hard way the truth in not delivering on promises.

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In point of fact, believe it was not that at all. They were delivering all too well and all to blatantly on hard Left global agendas that were completely deranged. This batch of Democrats were booted FOR what they were doing, not for what they were failing to do, imo.

The rest of your posts warning about the need to find a way to deregulate and crank down prices where consumers see it is correct. A quick way to do that is to put more $$ back in their pocket where the pain is less. We have learned the overwhelming amount of the federal budget may be expendable.

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Trump aggressively testing disruptive, expansionist expressions of presidential power

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Believing the executive managing the executive branch is expansionist power shows a major lack of mental acumen.

That's what they where delivering, not what they where promising the proletariat. The promises being made to the average person had more: better health care, more stability, "equality", and improving economy/working conditions/pay scale are what got them into power, and what drove the populist swing voters.

The Republicans under Trump are riding a similar wave of populism, even promising many of the same things. They're failing in the same way as well..

While a huge amounts is expendable, it's not being(and won't be) touched. What doge is doing now will not amount to 5% of the budget cut, yet indirect taxation will drive inflation and prices up 10-20%.