Look at this focus group of Ohio "swing voters." The fact that the U.S. electoral system places so much importance on these people is...unfortunate.
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"Swing voters" want "checks and balances," but they think that holding the President to the standards of U.S. law is a "distraction" from "the real issues" they claim to care about, such as the economy, health care, border security, & "the troops." 2/
"Swing voters" want "access" to affordable healthcare for everyone. & they don't like their health insurance, but they don't want politicians taking their health insurance away, & they don't want to pay for other people's health coverage. 3/
"Swing voters" want government to save their jobs, but they want government out of their lives...except when government saves their jobs. 4/
"Swing voters" swing back & forth between untenable, contradictory positions that are informed by surface-level examinations of "the real issues" that they're also *very* passionate about. Thankfully, these people get to decide the results of federal elections...
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