Domenico Montanaro

This is polarization at work.

It's really quite something.

But look, I think in talking about Republicans, they are where they are, right?

And I think that maybe we can put to rest this idea that the base Trump voters are going to chip away from Trump because of this thing.

The fact is Trump's base is as locked in as it can be.

And I think the reason is it isn't about all these other things.

It's not about economic anxiety.

It's not about

ISIS tactics.

It's about culture.

And for them, immigration enforcement is still the number one thing that they're most concerned about.

Even though 54 percent of people in our poll said that lowering prices should be Trump's top priority and far and away the highest, a plurality of Republicans said immigration should be Trump's top priority.

Yeah.

They bought the hat.

They bought the T-shirt and they're not giving it back.

But what has happened is that his voting coalition has frayed.

Right.

When we talked about independence, we talk about Latinos, voters under 30.

Those are three groups where while Trump didn't win those groups, they voted in, you know, pretty substantial numbers for him in 2024, helped him over the finish line, according to exit polls, because of the economy.

And they have just completely