These swing voters don’t like or understand the reason for the war in Iran

这些摇摆选民不喜欢也不理解伊朗战争的起因。

The NPR Politics Podcast

2026-03-13

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NPR reporters observed focus groups of 12 swing voters from Michigan. We discuss their thoughts on the war in Iran and what they wish President Trump would focus on. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political correspondent Ashley Lopez, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Hey there.

  • It is the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • I'm Miles Parks.

  • I cover voting.

  • I'm Ashley Lopez.

  • I cover politics.

  • And I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political correspondent.

  • And ahead of this year's midterm elections, we've been checking in monthly with swing voters,

  • people who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and went for Donald Trump in 2024.

  • Today on the show, we head to Michigan.

  • And Ashley, before we get into what we heard from this group of voters,

  • I do want to get into why we're doing this on a regular basis or what we're hoping hoping to glean from it?

  • Because this small group of voters,

  • 12 voters this time around, not statistically significant, right?

  • But what are you hoping to kind of glean from something like this?

  • Well, mostly just how folks are thinking about what's happening in the country.

  • I mean, you can't draw any broad conclusions,