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This year's blue wave wasn't just powered by hardcore Democrats.
Independents swung towards Democratic candidates in huge numbers, according to exit polls.
Today, our first post-election focus group with swing voters.
What do they want to see from a Democratic-controlled Congress?
And who will they blame if there are problems?
It's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Miles Parks.
I cover voting.
I'm Ashley Lopez.
I also cover voting.
And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.
And Ashley, this is a series we've been doing all year, hearing from focus groups of voters
who voted for President Biden in 2020, President Trump in 2024. Tell us a little bit more about who these people are.
Right.
So we heard from 14 voters in North Carolina who are in that group of voters, people
who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024. In this group,
there were 10 people who identified as independents, three as Republicans and one Democrat.