Journalist Katie Couric on Thursday expressed confusion about Americans casting ballots for President-elect Donald Trump despite his ābehavior and actions.ā
Trump has received nearly 77 million votes, capturing just under 50% of the total as of Thursday morning, according to the Cook Political Report. Couric, in a conversation with Meghan McCain on āNext Question with Katie Couric,ā suggested that Trumpās actions throughout the 2020 election cycle and a Manhattan juryās guilty verdict of him in May should have alienated more voters.
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āItās fascinating to me, and actually I think disturbing to many, that Donald Trumpās behavior and actions ā he never did anything that was disqualifying,ā Couric said. āAnd I wonder if you could shed some light on why you believe things like January 6 ā which Donald Trump called a āday of loveā ā his conviction by a jury of his peers of 34 felony counts, his asking the Secretary of State of Georgia to find him 11,780 votes, his insistence that the 2020 election was rigged despite the fact that over 60 court cases failed to find evidence of that ā why do you think all those things ā this is what Iām still scratching my head about, Meghan ā didnāt lead voters to think he was just simply unfit for office?ā
āI mean, and thatās just ā honestly, those are just kind of the headlines. There are so many other things underneath those actions that I could have also named,ā she continued. āAnd why do you think people were willing to turn a blind eye to so many things that Donald Trump not only did, but what he stands for?ā
McCain answered by suggesting many voters cared more about the economy, immigration and cultural issues than Trumpās flaws.
Shortly after the jury convicted Trump on 34 counts for falsifying business records, 47% of Americans believedĀ the charges against him were politically motivated, while 50% believed the verdict was correct, according to a June ABC News/Ipsos poll.
Trumpās victory was partially driven by increasedĀ support fromĀ HispanicĀ andĀ black men. About 40% of Hispanic voters recorded the economy as their main issue, while roughly 70% of them characterized the present state of the economy as either ānot so goodā or āpoor,ā accordingĀ to an exit pollĀ by Edison Research.
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