These Georgia swing voters do not like the Iran war
4/16/202614 min
NPR reporters observed focus groups of 13 Georgia voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and President Donald Trump in 2024. We discuss what they had to say about the Iran war, the economy and Trump’s priorities.
This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political correspondent Ashley Lopez, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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Miles Parks· Host0:20
[upbeat music] Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.
Ashley Lopez· Co-host0:30
I'm Ashley Lopez, I cover politics.
Mara Liasson· Co-host0:31
And I'm Mara Liasson, senior national political correspondent.
Miles Parks· Host0:35
And today on the show, another conversation with swing voters. These are voters who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and Donald Trump in 2024. We've been hearing from them, uh, from different states throughout the year, and this time we are hearing from 13 voters in Georgia. Ashley, before we get into what these voters had to say, tell us a little bit more about who they are.
Ashley Lopez· Co-host0:57
Right. So out of the 13 folks that we heard from, uh, in these two online focus groups, seven identified as independent voters, five as Republicans and one as a Democrat. And as you mentioned, these are folks who voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020 and then supported the Republican candidate in 2024. Um, so it's important, like, the thing that I always remember about these voters that's important to keep in mind is that these, these voters may have supported Trump in 2024, but this is not Trump's base. These are persuadable, movable voters who, uh, in many cases, sort of wait