Hello everyone and welcome to the focus group podcast I'm Sarah

long well publisher of the bulwark and this week we're talking to some potentially newly

minted Trump voters. Now before you just log off because you're like I don't want to

talk to new Trump voters I want to explain why I think it is so important

that we understand this group of people because we spend a lot of time on this show talking about

former Trump voters who aren't going to vote for him again and I know that's always an

uplifting listen but that is not the whole and totality of the voters that we are

dealing with this cycle because the fact is Biden is still losing by many accounts,

and it's been a while since we've checked him with voters

who voted for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden

and are now giving Donald Trump a fresh look.

And so while that might be a little harder to listen to, that's what we're going to do here today, because it is important to understand and listen, specifically we're going to listen to Hispanic voters as a case study for this particular group.

But one caveat I want to make,

this show is coming out after the first presidential debate

on June 27th, but we taped it beforehand

so that will not be contextualized in this show.

My guest today is part of the Five-timer Club.

It's not a real club, but Amy Walter.

Amy Walter, my good friend, she is the publisher and editor andin-chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy

Walter and host of the great podcast for Cook subscribers The Odd Years, which I have also done.

Amy, thank you for being here. You're the best.

So glad to be here.

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