The swing voters who helped Trump win crave change — even if lowering prices proves challenging
The swing voters who helped President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House are feeling optimistic about the next four years, but they’ll be watching to see whether their desire for change becomes a reality.
The swing voters who helped President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House are feeling optimistic about the next four years, but they’ll be watching to see whether their desire for change becomes a reality.
“I’m hoping that some change will come from this, at least a little bit. I hope some of the prices will go down,” said Reagan Spiegel, 19, a farmhand from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who voted for the first time in November.
“I’m tired of hearing about all these things that people want to do and then they don’t commit to actually doing them,” Spiegel added, optimistic Trump will be able to deliver on his agenda.
Spiegel is among the voters who helped propel Trump to victory in November, as he won over first-time voters and a decisive slice of others who had cast their ballots for Joe Biden in 2020. NBC News spoke this week to 18 of those voters who had participated in the final NBC News poll of the 2024 election.
As a group, they are largely willing to give Trump some leeway when it comes to fulfilling his major campaign promises, like bringing down prices of everyday goods like groceries. Many of them haven't been closely following his Cabinet nominations or other actions during the transition, though some comments, like his discussion of annexing other countries' territory, have broken through.
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