Buyer’s Remorse: Swing Voters’ Shift to Trump Already Backfiring

How Deepening Economic Frustrations and Cultural Anxieties Are Already Causing Some Trump Supporters to Regret Their Choice—and How Both Parties Can Correct Course Before the Midterms

Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro (Dept. of Defense)

In the 2024 election, many swing voters – including some who backed Joe Biden in 2020 – swung to Trump and the GOP out of disillusionment with the status quo as economic hardships loomed large. Inflation and living costs had spiked during the Biden-Harris years, denting real in…