Not Mad, Just Disappointed: Hear From Unenthused Voters

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🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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A huge portion of the American public doesn't like its choices this presidential cycle. So what will those voters do when they get to the ballot box? NPR partnered with Rich Thau of Engagious and Sago to put together focus groups and hear from them directly.

This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, political correspondent Susan Davis, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

This podcast was produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Lexie Schapitl was the story producer. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:23.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:27.0	I'm Susan Davis.
0:30.0	I cover politics.
0:31.0	And today on the pod, we're taking a look at what could be one of the most
0:35.0	decisive groups of voters in this year's election voters who disapprove of both Joe
0:40.5	Biden and Donald Trump.
0:42.8	It's a project Mar Elias and I are working on,
0:44.9	and we actually recorded a conversation about it
0:47.6	on Thursday, just before news of the Trump verdict broke.
0:51.5	So just have that in mind when you listen. It's Mara Me and
0:54.4	Deepa Shivaram in the host chair. So without further ado, here's Deepa.
1:00.1	Sue, I mean why are we talking about these voters specifically?
1:03.2	Who are these people?
1:04.3	How do they fit into the broader electorate?
1:05.8	I mean, this is a group of people that if you've been following the 2024 election,
1:09.0	you've probably heard about a lot.
1:10.1	They're often referred to as double haters. I'm trying not to use that term because I hear my
1:15.2	mom saying to my kids we don't use the word hate in this house.
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