The Undecideds: One Year Later
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
One year ago, we wrapped up a months-long series following five undecided voters across the country — people who, like millions of Americans, were trying to sort through the noise of a divisive, turbulent election at a moment when trust in institutions was fraying, norms were being tested, and the stakes of the decision felt unusually and perilously high.
From March of 2024 until the week of the election, we followed their reactions to criminal trials, assassination attempts, debate meltdowns, convention chaos, and a last-minute change at the top of the Democratic ticket. In the end, they all made a decision, some definitively, some reluctantly.
Now it’s February 2026. Donald Trump is one year into his second term, and we wanted to check back in. How do they feel about the vote they cast? What’s surprised them? What’s worried them? And what has given them hope?
We reached out to all of our original participants. Zahid chose not to return for this follow-up for reasons he didn’t disclose. But Claire, Brian, Diana, and Phil were willing to pick the conversation back up — and reflect on where they are now, one year later.
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This episode was written by Isaac Saul and edited and engineered by Jon Lall
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| 0:00.0 | From Tangle Media and founder, Isaac Saul. |
| 0:12.5 | An executive producer, John Long. |
| 0:24.7 | This is the undecided. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Isaac Saul, and this is the undecided. |
| 0:42.9 | I proudly accept your nomination for president. Eric's comeback starts right now. |
| 0:46.8 | Former President Donald Trump locked in the Republican nomination with ease. |
| 0:50.7 | There were virtually no sitting Republicans attending his own children declined to attend. |
| 0:56.6 | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 charges in his hush money trial. |
| 1:02.0 | That is 34 felony counts here. |
| 1:04.2 | All guilty. |
| 1:05.4 | Trump has become the first American president to be convicted of a felony in U.S. history. |
| 1:09.7 | That's right. |
| 1:10.2 | For a former American president to be criminally convicted. This is a rigged, disgraceful trial. The special counsel referred to the president as a, quote, sympathetic, well-meaning, an elderly man with a poor memory. We finally beat Medicare. He's right. He did beat Medicaid. He beat it to death. He did not do well at all. You got to have the old man old man versus the con man. Calls for Biden to suspend his reelection campaign. Take a look at what happened. |
| 1:33.6 | The 45th president of the United States injured but alive. Literally came the assassin's bullet, |
| 1:39.6 | which came within a fraction of an inch of ending his life. President Joe Biden has just |
| 1:43.5 | announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. |
| 1:47.3 | I accept your nomination to be president of the United States. |
| 1:53.0 | For many, the highlight was seeing Harris make history as the first black and South Asian woman |
| 1:58.6 | atop a major party presidential tickets. |
| 2:01.2 | I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. |
| 2:05.7 | Trump and Harris would meet for the first time in their only debate. |
| 2:08.9 | And Donald Trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. |
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