Thursday, November 16, 2017 10:31:45 AM
Trump voters have buyer’s remorse in North Carolina focus group
By James Hohmann November 16 at 7:11 AM
Supporters listen as Donald Trump speaks during a rally on the eve of the 2016 election in Raleigh, N.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve
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THE BIG IDEA: Republican women who voted for President Trump in North Carolina said during a focus group Wednesday night that they are embarrassed by and exasperated with him.
-- Annie Anthony, 56, voted for Trump last year because she opposes abortion and did not like how Hillary Clinton handled Benghazi. Now she fears that Trump is marching us toward war with North Korea. She describes the first 10 months of his presidency as “chaotic, stressful and an uphill battle.”
“While I thought his ideas appealed to me, since he’s been in there he’s embarrassed me by his behavior,” said Anthony, a divorced college graduate who runs a local nonprofit volunteer center and drives for Uber to make ends meet. “He behaves so unpresidential. The words he uses. The tweeting. I mean, he dresses nice. And Melania is looking good. When he was away (in Asia), he was great at being a president. He’s the showman. But here at home, I can’t imagine how they let him build a country club — let alone be in one. Because adults don’t behave that way. I’ve been surprised that a billionaire would behave the way he has …
“I don’t have a problem with him tweeting,” she continued. “I follow him because I want to see what he’s saying myself and not have someone interpret it for me. But I think that his language is unprofessional. He uses words like ‘sad’ and ‘bad.’ That’s first grade language. We’re an intelligent population who elected you. Represent us!”
Anthony, a registered Republican, remains hopeful that Congress will soon pass tax cuts, but she’s nervous that they’ll take away the deduction for charitable donations. She’s also worried that, if her health insurance rates continue to go up, she won’t be able to afford to go see the doctor any more. (She makes less than $50,000 a year.)
Looking ahead to the midterms, she offered an ominous warning for the GOP: “I think the swamp is still full. I might be voting to drain that swamp some more.”
-- Veteran pollster Peter Hart organized the two-hour-and-15-minute session in Wilmington for Emory University.
Five independents, four Republicans and three Democrats participated. The Washington Post was invited to observe.
Coinciding with Trump’s 300th day in office, the wide-ranging conversation with a cross section of voters in a swing state illuminated why Trump’s job approval rating nationally is at 37 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll. [ http://news.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx ]
In the history of polling, no president has ever had a 57 percent disapproval rating at this stage of his presidency.
-- When Hart asked for one word or phrase to describe Trump, the group initially erupted in laughter. Only two of 12 said something positive (“bold” and “fights back”). The others called him incompetent, a baffling fool, childlike, a loose cannon, an immature narcissist and ignorant.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/11/16/daily-202-trump-voters-have-buyer-s-remorse-in-north-carolina-focus-group/5a0d0c8a30fb045a2e003078/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_daily202-719am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.090c0fee1425
By James Hohmann November 16 at 7:11 AM
Supporters listen as Donald Trump speaks during a rally on the eve of the 2016 election in Raleigh, N.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve
- - (Bolded areas same as those on link) - -
THE BIG IDEA: Republican women who voted for President Trump in North Carolina said during a focus group Wednesday night that they are embarrassed by and exasperated with him.
-- Annie Anthony, 56, voted for Trump last year because she opposes abortion and did not like how Hillary Clinton handled Benghazi. Now she fears that Trump is marching us toward war with North Korea. She describes the first 10 months of his presidency as “chaotic, stressful and an uphill battle.”
“While I thought his ideas appealed to me, since he’s been in there he’s embarrassed me by his behavior,” said Anthony, a divorced college graduate who runs a local nonprofit volunteer center and drives for Uber to make ends meet. “He behaves so unpresidential. The words he uses. The tweeting. I mean, he dresses nice. And Melania is looking good. When he was away (in Asia), he was great at being a president. He’s the showman. But here at home, I can’t imagine how they let him build a country club — let alone be in one. Because adults don’t behave that way. I’ve been surprised that a billionaire would behave the way he has …
“I don’t have a problem with him tweeting,” she continued. “I follow him because I want to see what he’s saying myself and not have someone interpret it for me. But I think that his language is unprofessional. He uses words like ‘sad’ and ‘bad.’ That’s first grade language. We’re an intelligent population who elected you. Represent us!”
Anthony, a registered Republican, remains hopeful that Congress will soon pass tax cuts, but she’s nervous that they’ll take away the deduction for charitable donations. She’s also worried that, if her health insurance rates continue to go up, she won’t be able to afford to go see the doctor any more. (She makes less than $50,000 a year.)
Looking ahead to the midterms, she offered an ominous warning for the GOP: “I think the swamp is still full. I might be voting to drain that swamp some more.”
-- Veteran pollster Peter Hart organized the two-hour-and-15-minute session in Wilmington for Emory University.
Five independents, four Republicans and three Democrats participated. The Washington Post was invited to observe.
Coinciding with Trump’s 300th day in office, the wide-ranging conversation with a cross section of voters in a swing state illuminated why Trump’s job approval rating nationally is at 37 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll. [ http://news.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx ]
In the history of polling, no president has ever had a 57 percent disapproval rating at this stage of his presidency.
-- When Hart asked for one word or phrase to describe Trump, the group initially erupted in laughter. Only two of 12 said something positive (“bold” and “fights back”). The others called him incompetent, a baffling fool, childlike, a loose cannon, an immature narcissist and ignorant.
[...]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/11/16/daily-202-trump-voters-have-buyer-s-remorse-in-north-carolina-focus-group/5a0d0c8a30fb045a2e003078/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_daily202-719am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.090c0fee1425
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