S6 Ep24: Two Qual Researchers Walk Into a Bar (with Margie Omero)
The Focus Group Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
More and more Trump voters are souring on his administration. But why? Inflation, immigration, and Epstein are all in the mix, but there's a giant mosaic of disappointments. We needed a second qualitative researcher to make sense of it all. Democratic pollster Margie Omero joins the show to discuss what she's heard in her own focus groups, listen to Trump voters who are down on his job performance, and check in with the Democratic base.
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Margie's focus groups:
Trump’s Problems With Latinos Go Deeper Than the Economy
14 Wellness Voters Talk Parenting, MAHA and Social Media
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| 1:22.2 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Focus Group podcast. |
| 1:25.5 | I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of the bulwark, |
| 1:28.1 | and this week we're doing a couple things that are best picked over |
| 1:31.0 | with a fellow qualitative researcher. |
| 1:34.3 | First, we're going to check in on some of the people |
| 1:36.3 | who are having some buyers' remorse on their Trump votes. |
| 1:39.2 | We've heard a lot from those people talking about ICE recently. |
| 1:43.2 | This week, we're pulling back to look at the full |
| 1:45.4 | mosaic of what's fracturing Trump's coalition. It's the economy, broken promises on Maha, Epstein, |
| 1:51.9 | and more. Ice comes up too, but the picture that's emerging is broader than any single issue. |
| 1:58.1 | Trump is 15 points underwater now, which is the low point of his second term. |
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