Nevada swing voters group is open to socialism but struggles to define it

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Published August 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM MDT

Voters cast their ballots on primary Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, at Richmond Town Hall in Delavan, Wis. (Kayla Wolf/AP)

In an online focus group, 10 of 12 Biden-to-Trump voters in Nevada said they wouldn’t rule out a politician who identifies with socialism. The voters gave a range of answers to how they’d distinguish a Democrat from a Democratic Socialist, however.

Half of them still approved of Trump’s overall job performance in his second term.

Host Scott Tong discusses how this data point may illuminate a broader trend in Nevada with Rich Thau, who runs the firm Engagious. It conducts these focus groups for the Swing Voter Project, which NPR is partnering with.

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