'I feel so stupid': These 'horrified' Trump voters are having serious buyer’s remorse

17 February

2024 marked Donald Trump's fourth presidential campaign and his third as a Republican — and was the first time he won the popular vote, defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris by roughly 1.5 percent natiowide.

Many Trump allies are describing his 2024 victory as a "landslide," which it wasn't; 1.5 percent is a narrow win, not a landslide — especially compared to, for example, President Ronald Reagan's reelection victory in 1984. Reagan defeated Democratic nominee Walter Mondale by 18 percent in the popular vote, picking up a whopping 525 electoral votes.

But a 1.5 percent victory is still a victory, and Trump, in 2024, picked up a lot of swing voters — some of whom had voted for former President Joe Biden in 2020.

In an article published on February 17, the Wall Street Journal's Eliza Collins surveys a variety of 2024 Trump voters. Some already have buyer's remorse, while others are applauding his second presidency.

Cornville, Arizona resident Todd Winant, a former Democrat who voted for Trump last year, told WSJ, "I'm thrilled with Trump, and he's done more in less than a month than most presidents have done in their whole term."

But 2024 Trump voter Staci White, a 49-year-old Nebraska resident, is having buyer's remorse — as she fears her partner will be laid off from what Collins describes as a "government-adjacent job." And White also worries that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids will be disruptive in the dialysis unit where she works.

White told WSJ, "When we said safer borders, I thought he was thinking, 'Let's stop the drugs from coming into the country.' I didn't know he was going to start raiding places…. Now, I'm like: 'Dang, why didn't I just pick Kamala?'"

Collins describes 30-year-old Duluth, Minnesota resident Emily Anderson, a 2024 Trump voter, as "horrified by Trump's focus on deportations and use of Guantanamo Bay to hold migrants."

Anderson told WSJ, "I feel so stupid, guilty, regretful — embarrassed is a huge one. I am absolutely embarrassed that I voted for Trump."

Read the full Wall Street Journal article at this link (subscription required).

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