Most of the 20 voters I'm following fall somewhere between diehard support and full-blown regret. They mostly like Trump's signature stances, such as tougher border control, but have qualms about some of his most extreme policies and attempts to stretch presidential authority, or the way he belittles his opponents.
Texas stay-at-home mother Loretta Torres, 38, said she "likes the way he portrays himself as being a strong leader." By contrast, Iowa-based Army veteran Lou Nunez, 83, says he was horrified by Trump's downsizing of the federal workforce, or, as he put it, "The way they went in there and just chopped people away."
They have mixed opinions on Trump's tax-and-spending bill, which was headed toward a final yes-or-no vote in the House of Representatives on Thursday. Will Brown, 20, a student at the University of Wisconsin who hopes to work in finance, said he supports it because "extending the tax cuts of 2017 forever would be huge." Michigan-based pilot Terry Alberta, 64, said the bill includes a lot that he likes, but there's also "a lot of pork and excess, which is mildly frustrating."
Other voters in the group have begun to doubt Trump's actions after seeing their effects on loved ones. In Utah, Lesa Sandberg, 57, has been "on the Trump train" for a decade and liked his plan to close the Education Department. Sandberg grew alarmed, however, when cuts at the agency hindered her daughter-in-law from paying off her student loans.
Some of the group's most widely held views may surprise you. Although the voters largely admire Trump's immigration policies, many say they would like to see a clearer legal immigration pathway for aspiring Americans who are law-abiding and want to contribute to the U.S. economy.
The group is not a statistically representative portrait of all Trump voters. But their ages, educational backgrounds, races/ethnicities, locations and voting histories roughly correspond to those of Trump's overall electorate.
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