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Mara Liasson

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The NPR Politics Podcast
What's the main thing in Maine's Senate race?

Thank you for having me.

The NPR Politics Podcast
What's the main thing in Maine's Senate race?

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

I cover politics.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

I want this all to stop.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

And it makes them anxious.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

That was the big takeaway.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

The ICE is making voters anxious.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

A lot of chaos.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

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

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

A focus group is not a poll.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

It's a statistically insignificant sample.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

But we know that a majority of voters like the idea of securing the border.

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

They don't like the idea of ICE going into neighborhoods and

The NPR Politics Podcast
ICE makes these swing voters anxious, but they don’t want to ā€˜abolish ICE’

And grabbing people who otherwise are law-abiding citizens or maybe they're going through the asylum process.