Mara Liasson

And Democrats, in order to survive as a competitive party, are going to have to learn how to win in those states.

So I would say Maine is an example of this.

There's a good part of Maine that's very red.

And even though it's voted for Democrats for president, this is a good place for Democrats to start learning how to reconnect with the white working class in rural areas.

And they're going to have to do that if they're going to survive.

Thank you for having me.

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

I cover politics.

And I'm Mara Liason, Senior National Political Correspondent.

So what really struck me was how these voters talked about the chaos that ICE has called.

One woman said, it's constant chaos in the world.

I want this all to stop.

And there was a broad view that securing the border was a good thing.

Not having undocumented immigrants with criminal records in the United States was a good thing.

But having ICE go out without uniforms, attacking American citizens or protesters was not a good thing.

And it makes them anxious.

That was the big takeaway.

The ICE is making voters anxious.

A lot of chaos.

Yeah, I think that this focus group mirrors national polling.