Brent Buchanan

I don't know if economists know how to fix the economy because it's just such a huge thing, but it is something that voters are telling us and telling other pollsters please focus on this more. And then when you look at the segment of voters that, you know, we coined as the ticked off young, diverse working class folks and did some projects with y'all last year on was this group still exists.

I don't know if economists know how to fix the economy because it's just such a huge thing, but it is something that voters are telling us and telling other pollsters please focus on this more. And then when you look at the segment of voters that, you know, we coined as the ticked off young, diverse working class folks and did some projects with y'all last year on was this group still exists.

And they're a little bit less ticked off about the direction of the country now, but demographically they're exact same. And they're telling us that inflation and economy is the number one issue and followed by healthcare at 17%, interestingly enough.

And they're a little bit less ticked off about the direction of the country now, but demographically they're exact same. And they're telling us that inflation and economy is the number one issue and followed by healthcare at 17%, interestingly enough.

Voters are a lot smarter than the media and sometimes politicians give them credit for. And they really just want to know that you're thinking about them and that you're trying to do something, even if the solution is not a quick fix.

Voters are a lot smarter than the media and sometimes politicians give them credit for. And they really just want to know that you're thinking about them and that you're trying to do something, even if the solution is not a quick fix.

And so it's more about telling them what you're doing as opposed to the doing resulting in lower costs or higher wages, because they know that it took five years to get to this place. We're not gonna be able to fix it in five months. And that's why I was mentioning it's got to be talked about more regularly, like as in a multiple times a day basis. That's how much it needs to be talked about.

And so it's more about telling them what you're doing as opposed to the doing resulting in lower costs or higher wages, because they know that it took five years to get to this place. We're not gonna be able to fix it in five months. And that's why I was mentioning it's got to be talked about more regularly, like as in a multiple times a day basis. That's how much it needs to be talked about.

Because I think voters are willing to give grace if they see you're working on it. Mm-hmm.

Because I think voters are willing to give grace if they see you're working on it. Mm-hmm.

Our debt, it is probably the number one threat more than any country is currently to us. even enemies like China, our debt is a greater threat, a more imminent threat to us. And nobody's talking about it. You know, we spent more on interest than we did our entire national defense.

Our debt, it is probably the number one threat more than any country is currently to us. even enemies like China, our debt is a greater threat, a more imminent threat to us. And nobody's talking about it. You know, we spent more on interest than we did our entire national defense.

And we have the largest national defense budget by multiples of the second closest country on what they do in defense spending in a year. So things like Doge are necessary. Things like entitlement reform are absolutely necessary. But they're really hard to do without the threat of the debt being discussed. Hmm. Any last thoughts here?

And we have the largest national defense budget by multiples of the second closest country on what they do in defense spending in a year. So things like Doge are necessary. Things like entitlement reform are absolutely necessary. But they're really hard to do without the threat of the debt being discussed. Hmm. Any last thoughts here?

You know, when you look at independent voters, which are the most fickle of all, you know, these folks are pretty dour on both. So independents, their view of Democrats in Congress are 36% favorable, 55% unfavorable. And then Republicans, it's a bit worse, 31% favorable, 62%.

You know, when you look at independent voters, which are the most fickle of all, you know, these folks are pretty dour on both. So independents, their view of Democrats in Congress are 36% favorable, 55% unfavorable. And then Republicans, it's a bit worse, 31% favorable, 62%.

unfavorable of independence of republicans in congress and we actually asked a question this week of when somebody told us they were an independent we asked them which way do you lean in partisan races is it you know mostly republicans or some democrats but more republicans and democrats than the rest of the way down the scale and those who lean left of independence are 54 compared to 47 of

unfavorable of independence of republicans in congress and we actually asked a question this week of when somebody told us they were an independent we asked them which way do you lean in partisan races is it you know mostly republicans or some democrats but more republicans and democrats than the rest of the way down the scale and those who lean left of independence are 54 compared to 47 of

independents leaning to the right. So it's a group that Republicans need to be focused on because you don't want to alienate that group and make sure all the left-leaning independents get really ticked off and show up to vote. But we're not giving anything to the right-leaning independents to make sure they come out to vote also.

independents leaning to the right. So it's a group that Republicans need to be focused on because you don't want to alienate that group and make sure all the left-leaning independents get really ticked off and show up to vote. But we're not giving anything to the right-leaning independents to make sure they come out to vote also.