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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
George Chidi, Rachel Leingang and Sam Levine

‘We shouldn’t be going back in time’: Americans in swing states on who they voted for – and why

Collage of voters and 'I voted' stickers
‘I voted for Trump because my pocketbook is happier when he’s in office.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/Ben Rollins/Kasia Strek

Ryan Swingle (51) and Amy Martin (51)

Swingle: “I’ve grown up a Democrat my whole life. So I suppose I was programmed to do it. That said, the Donald Trump world is something that I find pretty repellent. It feels very bullying-ish to me, and mean-spirited. I am disturbed by what I consider the casualness with which he lies. I’m disturbed by the ways in which he seems to fawn over and support really awful regimes. I think we’re on the cusp of a new and fundamentally different world with AI, and I want somebody smarter and more humble at the wheel when that happens.”

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