Trump said the election system is broken. What do swing voters make of the claim?

Trump said the election system is broken. What do swing voters make of the claim?

Author: NPR July 20, 2026 Duration: 4:32
What did some swing state voters think of President Trump's primetime speech on elections? NPR's Tamara Keith reports.

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Taken as a whole, it's been an overwhelmingly good year for the president with this conservative court supermajority. Three of the six conservative justices were appointed by Trump during his first term. But, the preside…
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