They still love Trump. But will they vote for him again?
Post Reports
The Washington Post
4.4 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at how former Donald Trump voters are feeling about his 2024 presidential run, and whether Trump’s grip on the Republican base is slipping.
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Over the past several months, a team of reporters at The Washington Post traveled to five swing states to ask former Trump voters about their feelings toward the former president ahead of the 2024 election. After more than 150 interviews, they found tension within the Republican base, and a growing range of Trump supporters who aren’t sure they want him as the party’s next nominee.
Washington Post reporter Isaac Arnsdorf breaks down why Trump might be losing voters, how they feel about the other “Florida guy” who might run for president, and what this could all mean for the future of the Republican Party.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Martine. |
| 0:04.0 | Hi, Lai. |
| 0:05.0 | So we don't usually get to speak to each other like this. |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, that's the weird thing about being co-hosts is that it's like when you're on the podcast, |
| 0:15.6 | I'm off the podcast, working on other things. |
| 0:17.8 | When I'm on, you're off doing your other job covering media. |
| 0:20.6 | And so we actually don't like get to be together on mic with any frequency. |
| 0:25.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.8 | And actually why we are here together today because you have some news about how you've |
| 0:31.1 | been spending your time off the post-reports mic. |
| 0:34.6 | Yes. |
| 0:36.2 | Right now I'm working on an investigative podcast that is coming out later this year. |
| 0:41.8 | This is a show about a mystery, a mystery that I kind of essentially became obsessed with |
| 0:49.0 | a couple years ago. |
| 0:50.2 | And since then, I've been trying to solve this mystery. |
| 0:53.3 | Now, pulled a couple of other producers from our team to help me solve this mystery. |
| 0:57.6 | We are filing all these freedom of information requests. |
| 1:01.2 | We are tracking people down, making phone calls, reading these documents. |
| 1:04.0 | It's a whole big thing. |
| 1:05.0 | Yeah, I'm picking up on the vibe here that you can't tell us too much about it. |
| 1:08.5 | And that also, it just requires a lot of reporting to do. |
| 1:12.7 | Yeah, soon I will be able to say more once we're a little bit closer to you publishing. |
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