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"They arent hearing us talk about the economy enough," researchers said of Virginia voters following the states gubernatorial election.

Administration when obamacare came out struggling with the weather to own, it would to name, but when something is passed, and peoples lives are improved for the better, own. we know that once policies are passed, people are going to like the benefits that they get. that is why you fight so hard not to policy change, because you know that once happens, its sticky. so get it passed, its not going to be pretty, its not going to be easy as we heard earlier, but once it is passed, it can absolutely ...

Passed, people are going to like the benefits that they get. thats why you fight so hard not to have policy change because you know once it happens, its sticky. we heard sam stein talking about this. once it is passed, run with it, and absolutely go big. >> mark, indeed, just to the professors point on branding phraseology. the republicans in many cases -- loathes be honest -- with help from guys like frank luntz who have figured out using a combination of polling, focus groups, and marketing sk...

But joe biden needs to lead the party and country. you know she was candid in the first segment. but at the end of the day, it is not just the congressional leadership. the process of legislation on the hill is always a mess. i would say what is striking to me reading accounts of focus groups swing and independent and democrats dont know what joe biden wants done apart from the infrastructure bill, which they think may be okay. they are not convinced about that. what is the point of the biden ad...

They sort of covered in a matter business background and i think that sort of were more happy about well-rounded in public school that it will be open quickly enough perhaps as the bureaucracy running things the better to vote -- the less that they would -- maybe resonate a little bit. so, i am not so scared -- they the cultural war of the democrats to do a better job of getting back, but on your first question, which is the most important when i think. i am not sure what they should do -- joe b...

So they want to turn out, you know, this is the kind of thing they tell me, we got to turn out in numbers so big, the other side cant cheat. so i think that glenn youngkin, these voters think glenn youngkin had the enthusiasm on their side and they were, yeah, they were going to vote for terry mcauliffe, but they were kind of mad about the whole thing. >> i want to play some of what you heard from some of these folks. here it is. about joe biden. here it is. >> i dont like how biden is just how ...

Race? >> there is some good news from terry mcauliffe. these undecided voters were biden 2020 voters. nine out of ten were going to vote for terry mcauliffe. so thats, you know, mostly good. the bad news is they all think youngkin is going to win. and the reason is, i mean, its just a straight up enthusiasm thing. the way that these -- they were sort of -- they are so demoralized. i mean, you know, your previous guests were talking about the national mood and that is so clear in these democratic...

Bs and mostly cs and ds. one of the things people complain about the most, obviously, they are concerned about inflation, you know, still kind of feeling like covid is not under control. but they just dont feel like they see joe biden. like actually one of the things i hear the most they are saying where is joe biden? we are in the middle of all these crises and i just dont feel like he is very visible and where is kamala harris? they are sort of hungry for leadership that they feel like they ar...

Rallying around the biden presidency and trying to rebuild his approval rating because if it is at this level in a year, it is almost certainly going to be very tough. >> thank you, both. i appreciate it. i want to turn now to political strategist sarah longwell. she is host of the focus group podcast. hi, sarah. good to see you, again. >> hey, don, thanks for having me. >> you recently spoke to a group of undecided independent voters in virginia. what did they tell you about the most important ...

How much debt he wants to incur. i dont like what happened in afghanistan. >> biden hasnt stepped of up or hasnt appeared to have stepped up as i would have hoped somebody with 40 years in the senate could bring people together to do. >> so, there you go. what kind of impact is this biden -- is biden having on this virginia race? >> yeah. its just brutal. i mean, i have done a number of democratic focus groups in a row now. doing them for weeks and i always ask people to give joe biden a letter ...