These voters say the election won’t change much

这些选民表示,这次选举不会带来太多变化。

The NPR Politics Podcast

2026-11-12

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A focus group of swing voters in North Carolina met after the midterms to talk to NPR about how the results made them feel. Many expressed skepticism Democrats would be able to use their upcoming congressional majorities to great effect, both because of President Trump's pledges to veto legislation, and because of the party's own inefficiencies. We look into how they’re feeling and explore what issues they still have post-election. This episode: voting correspondents Miles Parks & Ashley Lopez, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson. This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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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.