I have to say — while I thought that President Donald Trump was going to come in and get to work immediately in regard to some issues like the border and that he was going to bring in folks to clean house, I didn’t fully anticipate the “shock and awe” campaign he has been dropping every day since Jan. 20. He’s been doing so many things the Democrats don’t know which way to turn to deal with it all.
It’s like Christmas and your birthday, all in one each day with the good things he’s been doing. What a huge contrast it’s been from the empty, absent Joe Biden. It makes everyone see what we could have had for the last four years and what a difference a real leader makes. In all this action, one of his top priorities has been getting back hostages that Joe Biden didn’t even tell us were out there in places like Venezuela and Belarus.
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That’s how I’m thinking, and many I’m seeing on X are feeling. But now Axios is confirming this sentiment in a focus group of swing voters that they surveyed. The focus group included 11 people who had voted for Biden in 2020 but switched to Trump in the 2024 election. Eight were independents, two were Republicans, and one was a Democrat.
Every Arizona swing voter in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups said they approve of President Trump’s actions since taking office — and most also support Elon Musk’s efforts to slash government.
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- Some would like to see him do more, sooner, to rein in consumer costs. But several said they don’t mind that Trump’s early actions haven’t primarily focused on inflation — even when that was their top issue in the election — and said they can be patient if prices don’t come down for a while.
- Several doubt the warnings that tariffs may translate to long-term price increases for American consumers.
- Several expressed views that “waste, fraud and abuse” are so prevalent that government agencies can be slashed or eliminated without hurting services on which they depend.
The comments? Things like “It’s needed to get America back on track,” “he’s cleaning house,” and “he’s transparent and we haven’t had that for the last four years.”
That’s pretty amazing, but they all see what’s happening, and just like the folks I talk with and/or see on X, everyone is encouraged by the actions of finally dealing with all these things that have been broken for so long. They weren’t falling for the attacks being pushed by Democrats — they weren’t concerned about any conflicts or the Democratic narrative that Musk was somehow doing it to benefit himself, when he’s already the richest man in the world. They also rejected the idea that there was a “constitutional crisis” — the tagline the Democrats currently are trying to sell.
Rich Thau, president of Engagious, who moderated the focus groups, said they were “delighted” by what Trump and Musk were doing. He said Trump, Vance, and Musk “should be ecstatic” and “Democrats should be scared to death.”
