Opinion | ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 11 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong (Gift Article)

these focus groups are just further anecdotal evidence for my view that trump is is understood as a totem for wealth and prosperity. these people are genuinely bewildered that he isn’t, and might in fact be a human being with ulterior motives

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You sure don't have to know what's going on, or to be able to draw any conclusions from someone's statements and past behavior, to be a voter www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

These dumbass Trump voters. We told them for the past 10 years. Sigh. Now 9 out of 12 Trump voters regret their decision according to this NYT focus group. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

trump voters are the dumbest people in america www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Credit where credit's due alert: hiring a longtime Democratic-aligned pollster to do a focus group about how a bunch of Trump voters think Trump sucks ass now is the kind of thing a newspaper that doesn't like Trump and wanted him to lose would do www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This site being what it is, I can anticipate the reaction to this focus group, but I recommend reading it anyway. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

cc: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"I thought he’d learned his lesson, and was going to prove to everybody he learned from his mistakes & he was going to turn the country around & he was going to be a stellar president. But it’s turned out to be a horror movie. I was so wrong with the vote for him." That's reasonable, but not Trump 🎁

Tell me you don’t know any kindergarteners wothout *telling* me you don’t know any kindergartners. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Usually not a fan of focus groups but I think this one is actually well done.

Every time one of these NYT swing voter profiles drops, large sectors of this website panic that once again ignorance has been printed without context. Nope, don't think that's right. NYT readers, which is to say, uh, Bluesky users, should be reminded who votes and why. An essential education.

In a focus group of 12 Trump voters, 0 gave him an "A" or "B" grade. One person gave him a "C." The rest were "D" or "F," and these are Trump voters. Most of them summarize their attitude towards Trump with "anger" and "betrayal."

Like these folks. They touched the hot stove, but you get the strong sense that they will never stop touching, forever unable to learn from experience. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is incredible; in a focus group of 12 Trump voters, 0 gave him an "A" or "B" grade. One person gave him a "C." The rest were "D" or "F," and these are Trump voters! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Only one Trump voter in this focus group gave him a C. All the rest were Ds ir Fs www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

These idiots fucked around and found out and I have zero sympathy. They are brainwashed cultists. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I love these Times voter interviews because the complete nonsense spouted in them is a great reminder to everyone that just because you think people will act this and that way if they follow your politics, in fact, these people are morons and yet they determine all. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

once you take on board that this is what swing voters are like, you have to think differently about how to win elections people with coherent ideological frameworks who pay attention to the world will know that they want to vote and who they'll vote for www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hey @sharonk.bsky.social have you torn into this one yet? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Boy that was a rough read. Trump 2024 voters share their feelings and regret, contemplation about where things went wrong in their minds. Glad some regret their vote. But why weren't they paying attention? They heard what they wanted to hear from him. 🧾 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hey, gang, the dumbest, most selfish, spoiled, and dishonest motherfuckers in the world are back in the New York Times!

real question, how do people this stupid maintain jobs long enough to pay for rent/mortgage www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/... I found this oddly encouraging: asked why/when they felt regret, the Zelensky moment in the White House really cut through. I did not picture Americans as that switched on to Ukraine.

Most Americans really don't know anything, do they? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

gift link for those that want to scream at your screen for a while. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Don't mind me. I'm just going to sit quietly over here in the corner and slowly chew off my own tongue. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

However stupid you think republican voters are, know that they are far more irredeemably degenerated than you can possibly imagine. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

関連しているわけでもないが、先の選挙でトランプに投票した12人に今の状況をどう考えているか聞いた記事も興味深い。 Q：トランプに投票した事を後悔しているか？→9人が挙手 概ねもっと上手くやってくれると思っていた、約束はどうなった、こんなやり方になるとは思わなかったetc。 「後悔したきっかけのような出来事はあったか」という質問に2人がホワイトハウス執務室でのゼレンスキーいびりを挙げている（他に回答なし）。 ただ共和党支持者内でもこういった後悔の念やどう感じているかを話せる場所や機会がないとも話していて、それで余計に 1/2 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My takeaway from the Times focus group of Trump voters is that they are collectively dumb as a bag of hair, do not have a single clue about how the world works, and are as disingenuous as they are defensive. No taking responsibility in any real way. Just narcissistic whiners.

If only they had been warned. NYT: ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How ignorant can 12 people be? - The Article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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article du NYT sur des électeurs déçus de Trump. ma conclusion est la suivante : le problème c'est que ce sont des crétins et que la vie n'est pour eux qu'une succession de formes et de couleurs sans causes ni conséquences.

🎁🔗: ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

oh it continues to this very day, and plenty of these morons are publicly saying 'I feel let down because I liked how Trump said he would blow up the Moon and stop teachers from hypnotizing children to be gay fenceposts but I thought it'd make me rich too' www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It's wild to me how dumb these people are. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Gift link for anyone who needs their daily cringe. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I am baffled by this. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Lots to say on this, but I’m just imagining a reader in... say... Ukraine coming across this www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I read this entire thing because I wanted to understand these people but in the end the only thing I can accurately conclude is that they are stupid baby brain idiots. Just, the dumbest people alive. I hope some of them see this.

These are increasingly more painful to read www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This focus group from the NY Times is ... jawdropping, frustrating, a little scary, a little hopeful. So many different emotions while reading this. But, the primary takeaway is that sucking up to Trump will not hurt you with disappointed Trump voters in 2028. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Using this to train my George Saunders dialogue AI www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Fascinating stories of Trump voters who have regrets. You can see how disinformation played a big role in their beliefs, particularly their dislike of Dems. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The NY Times published about its 2,000th article explaining what makes Trump voters tick. The words of one articulate fellow: "I think the government is apathetic and not necessarily in tune with our concerns as citizens. But then I’m somewhat apathetic in that same regard because I’m just a guy."

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The NYT talked to 12 of the dumbest motherfuckers alive (aka average Americans). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Some of these Trump voters sound like Susan Collins, saying they thought Trump learned a "lesson." #mepolitics www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Had to search for it, not featuring it now, for some reason. Like they're feeling regret over this feature. Morons On Parade is an apter title. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Oh boy, here we go again

Not one of these people even mentioned January 6th. None of them can backup why Kamala was supposedly the lesser of two evils. I’m sorry, but it’s not enough for his voters to just be “disappointed”. They need to wake up to how they were manipulated and abused by Trump and the Republican Party.

I hate this movie, but there's a line in "Incredibles 2" where Elastigirl says, "Doesn't matter what you're selling. It only matters what people buy." You have to understand that that is how MAGA voters think.

I don't understand how people can be this dumb. And I don't think that's too harsh or mean to say because these are people who ought to have known better, who had no excuse not to, and who took the responsibility of voting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This headline is misleading clickbait; the focus group was exclusively comprised of Trump 2024 voters who said they were disappointed in his presidency. It's still an interesting read, but that's the context. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I need to go lie down www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

All of these people had adequate evidence to make better decisions. They will make the same decisions again because they are stupid, bigoted, misinformed people, who have had decades to grow up. Read the entire thing. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

seeing people like this as politically gettable instead of wanting to shame them eternally is how I know I do not have what it takes to be in politics www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Did anyone else read this Opinion focus group article in @nytimes.com ? It's insane. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... The leopards, folks. The leopards. They get so fat from people like you.

nyt focus groups are not good for my mental health www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sorry, shd've done that at the top. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My take away from this is that a large percentage of Americans are fucking stupid, and it’s a bloody miracle that we’ve managed not to nuke ourselves.

Someone said they they could anticipate the reaction this piece would receive and they’re right. While some credit due for admitting they made a mistake, it was the easiest, most obvious mistake to avoid. Each one on the train tracks convinced this time the engine will swerve to protect them.

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There's a whole article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I mean, I expected it to be bad, but just more reasons to never talk to anyone ever.

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Based on their responses, I'm not sure any of them would rate him a 1... but they're inching (until the next election when they'll snap back into place in response to coordinated partisan messaging) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

One of the most stomach-churning, sickening, maddening things I've read all day, ”Eighty percent of Republicans approve of President Trump’s performance.." #WTAF

what happens when leopards eat your face. free to read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Good on this group of Trumpers for owning up. I encourage everyone to click through for this fascinating (and paywall-free) read:

This discourse enrages me. They thought "he'd learned his lesson." JFC, it's not a toddler caught with his hand in a cookie jar. It's the highest office where you get to nuke countries if you want. It's not a place to test learned lessons. Just...I cannot comprehend. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... TL:DR; It's as bad as you think. "I didn't think it would affect ME", "But he didn't do the things he promised!" and "Well I was sure he'd learned his lesson!" and "Well, I'm a racist mysoginist coward."

None of them say they’re very, very pissed with Trump… and none seem to be deeply upset that THEIR vote was the cause of THEIR discontentment. 🤔

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To anyone who has read this article, all I ask is that you speak to ANYONE who has worked in customer service for more than a year. They will confirm to you that yes, people ARE this fucking stupid. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Lots of snippets from this going around today but I haven't seen it gifted. Here's the full 🎁article. Please share! I think it's an important piece.

This one. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hey look NYT is interviewing the dumbest people on earth again. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I *cannot* do this discourse *again* For the 37th time or whatever… ⚫️yes they are dumb ⚫️Yes they feel bad (or at least say that to the NYT since they are asking) ⚫️yes we can ignore them www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

At some point you have to wonder whether New York Times is showcasing these voters on purpose to promote the idea that voters are simply too dumb to make the right choices, so politics should be reserved for the "elites" like those at the NYT themselves. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is worth a read. I’ve used all my gift articles but I think you subscribe? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

sorry all that is available here www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

You know what word I don’t see there responsible you are responsible for this MAGA 🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I suspect they're regretful because people are pointing out they're stupid and treating them like pariahs, not because he wasn't bigoted enough (see Crystal Minton story (also found in the NYT))

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We found 12 completely ignorant Trump voters who are “shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here” Ok. “ignorant Trump voters” is redundant. But you get the point. ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Surprised,’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Glad to read some accountability. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"I was hopeful. I thought he was the lesser of two evils. I voted for him the first time, too. I was hopeful that he had learned his lesson. But the thing that frustrates me the most is how he divides people." Yeah, not going to forgive Pamela. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I always love these, because it's basically "We Talked to 12 of the Most Naive and/or Ignorant People in the Country. Here's What They Said, Now that Leopards are Eating Their Faces." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hooray! The NYT did another round of "let's ask a bunch of gullible, nihilistic rubes why MAGA is the greatest political movement of all time." Turns out, the latest group is feeling buyer's remorse! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...