In an online focus group, 10 of 12 Biden-to-Trump voters in Nevada said they wouldn’t rule out a politician who identifies with socialism. The voters gave a range of answers to how they’d distinguish a Democrat from a Democratic Socialist, however.
Half of them still approved of Trump’s overall job performance in his second term.
Host Scott Tong discusses how this data point may illuminate a broader trend in Nevada with Rich Thau, who runs the firm Engagious. It conducts these focus groups for the Swing Voter Project, which NPR is partnering with.
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