Ashley Lopez

All they're saying is, look, we do not have problems with the policies themselves.

It is the fact that it has gotten so out of control that it is in our face all the time.

Yeah.

And this isn't statistically significant.

It's just interesting that it was most of the folks that were asked if they feel more anxious about the economy than they did when Trump took office.

Nine out of the 14 said they feel more anxious, which is pretty interesting.

One thing I heard from folks in Arizona that I hadn't heard from folks in Pennsylvania is we're starting to hear a lot of worries and chatter about the labor market.

Folks are talking about all the layoffs that are happening either to them or to people around them.

And one woman said she's been looking for a job for two months and hasn't found anything.

And she's worried about her finding a job at any time soon.

And this is amidst high prices and and not feeling like that's going to get any better.

It's just like sort of a boiling pot right now of a bunch of economic issues that are making people feel really pessimistic.

Yeah, groceries came up a lot.

That was something that people were mentioned over and over again is that groceries still remain too high.

They saw those prices take up during COVID and they really have not seen them meaningfully go down for the exception of eggs.

Yeah, and I think this is emblematic of how they feel about Democrats writ large, including people who identify as Democrats.

Remember, there were four in this group who identified as Democrats.

I didn't hear a single positive thing about them.

I did hear at least one voter say that they were excited to vote during the midterms, were definitely going to vote, and that Trump was going to affect their vote because they wanted to make sure they would vote for someone who would oppose him because he already wants to see change.

And this was, I believe, during the conversation about the economy.