Focus group not on board with impeachment at all

Legal Insurrection:
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The Engagious/FPG focus group discovered voters “expressing a range of unease about impeaching President Trump, from fears it will hurt the economy to frustrations that House Democrats are more invested in going after Trump than in helping people.”
Nine of the 11 people within the group “raised their hands to say impeachment is a distraction from issues they care most about.” These include:
  • Wages
  • Unemployment
  • Border Security
  • Bringing Troops Home
  • Health Care Costs and Access
Trump hammered on those issues during his 2016 presidential campaign while failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton focused on social issues.

It should not surprise anyone that those in flyover country care more about issues that actually affect them. Salena Zito of The Washington Examiner wrote a book about Trump voters after she traveled around the country. People she interviewed expressed the fact that they voted for Trump because he concentrated on these issues.

One Trump voter, Brad P., described the impeachment process as “a never-ending drama.” He said it shows him “these people are completely out of touch with everyday Americans’ lives.”

Other voters “doubted that Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.” Some people think that if he did it “didn’t think it warrants impeachment.”

Impeachment makes the voters feel concerned, uneasy, and exhausted. It frustrates them that the Democrats turned their focus on impeachment because it is “a big distraction from what we could be doing.” Some thoughts:
  • “They need to be concentrating on the country, not what he’s doing wrong,” Deborah G., a 56-year-old Clinton voter, said.
  • “They hit a big strike on Mueller, so this is trying to get another base hit on the president,” said Eric B., a 34-year-old Trump voter.
  • “It’s become more of … ‘Destroy the other party’ instead of build the whole country up,” said Richelle W., a 40-year-old Trump voter.
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Ohio Democrats told The Toledo Blade they want to hear about other issues besides impeachment.
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Impeachment does not appear to be a winning issue for Democrats.

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