Scholar predicts 'MAGA faithful' will 'circle the wagons around Trump' — even as his policies hurt them

Scholar predicts 'MAGA faithful' will 'circle the wagons around Trump' — even as his policies hurt them

Democratic strategists are hoping that President Donald Trump's economic policies — from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid cuts in his "big, beautiful bill" to inflationary tariffs — will hurt him with independents and swing voters in the 2026 midterms. But independents and hardcore MAGA voters have very different motivations.Some of the independents who voted for Trump in 2024 had voted for former President Joe Biden…