Hello everyone and welcome to the Focus Group podcast. I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bullwork,

and this week we're talking about Donald Trump's falling approval ratings. He's sitting around 44%

these days, down for 47% at the start of April and 52% on inauguration day.

So that means some sliver, almost a chunk, of the nearly 50% of the country that voted for Trump

aren't thrilled with him right now. But that doesn't mean that those folks are all ready to

jump on the Democrats bandwagon now. Quite the

contrary. We're going to tease out where people find the Trump administration lacking and what

that does or does not mean for the coming few months as voters try to sort through their

dissatisfaction with Trump, but they're kind of disinterest in the Democratic Party.

My guest today spends all kinds of time with any type of voter you can think of. Dave Wigle,

author of Samifor's Americana Newsletter. Dave, what's up? Thanks for being here.

I've been a great time. It's a fun time to be an American. How was the Milken Conference?

Oh, yeah. I was at the Milken Conference.

Wait, were you there?

No, I've been to that hotel for a DGA event, Beverly Hills Hotel, whenever I need to get in touch with Real America.

Yeah, you go to the Beverly Hilton?

Yeah.

Well, I got to tell you, yeah, this was not real American.

This is like one of those things. I can't remember what the tickets cost, but it is like an ungodly sum of money.

It was if I lost my lanyard, it was going to cost me $500 to replace, which I mean, I lose my

lanyard the second someone gives it to me.

But it was very intense.

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