Jon Lovett

And again, when you talk to people in focus groups and you ask them, like this is the first thing that comes up now, right?

Like it is people worry about the cost of stuff and they are mad about the ice.

the S raids because they're seeing it everywhere.

And it's covered on TikTok.

It's covered on local news.

It's covered everywhere.

People are getting their information these days.

Um, now what you're right, like whether, whether that changes the behavior, who fuck knows, but I do think it's, it's putting some pressure on them.

Speaking of polling, we're getting quite a bit right now since it's the one-year anniversary of Trump taking office.

The president's approval is stuck in the low 40s, much worse than Obama's or Bush's at this stage in their second term.

And he's also near record lows for his handling of the economy and now immigration issues.

This is unsurprisingly dragging down his party's midterm chances.

Democrats have an average four to five point lead on the generic ballot, though CNN found that Democrats hold a whopping 16 point lead among those who say they're deeply motivated to vote.

So that is something to keep an eye on.

I've seen that a few polls now.

The Wall Street Journal poll shows a similar four point Democratic lead in the generic ballot, despite voters saying that they trust Republicans more on immigration by 11 points in the economy and inflation by six points, though they say they trust Dems more on health care by 15 points and by three points on looking out for the middle class and caring about people like you.

Anything else that's jumped out at you guys in the recent polling?

And is anything changing how you feel about the midterms?

I have a slightly different view, which I don't necessarily think is rosier.

Because I think that the image of the Democratic Party is as bad as these polls suggest.