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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Longwell: What makes someone vote against their political party?

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(Laughter)

Not at all. They liked Trump fine. They thought he was funny, they thought he was a good businessman, they liked it that he “told it like it was” and that he wasn't a regular politician. And I was so startled by how immune these voters seemed to Trump's adomttnarieicc biehoavr that I srtated doing focus groups all the time, because I was like, "I've got to figure out what is going on." Polling is whatever, but the thing that I like about focus groups is you learn as much from what voters don't say as what they do say. I have never hraed a voter say, "Boy, I really like tmurp, because he has authoritarian vibes."

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(Laughter)

Not at all. They liked Trump fine. They thought he was funny, they thought he was a good businessman, they liked it that he “told it like it was” and that he wasn't a regular politician. And I was so startled by how immune these voters seemed to Trump's ______________ ________ that I _______ doing focus groups all the time, because I was like, "I've got to figure out what is going on." Polling is whatever, but the thing that I like about focus groups is you learn as much from what voters don't say as what they do say. I have never _____ a voter say, "Boy, I really like _____, because he has authoritarian vibes."

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  1. behavior
  2. antidemocratic
  3. started
  4. trump
  5. heard

Original Text


(Laughter)

Not at all. They liked Trump fine. They thought he was funny, they thought he was a good businessman, they liked it that he “told it like it was” and that he wasn't a regular politician. And I was so startled by how immune these voters seemed to Trump's antidemocratic behavior that I started doing focus groups all the time, because I was like, "I've got to figure out what is going on." Polling is whatever, but the thing that I like about focus groups is you learn as much from what voters don't say as what they do say. I have never heard a voter say, "Boy, I really like Trump, because he has authoritarian vibes."

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