CNN just did the unthinkable. They did a story about a woman in Iowa who was against Trump but eventually changed her mind and is now thrilled with the job Trump is doing as president.
Will miracles never cease?
Betsy Sarcone even said that she was willing to vote for Biden at one point but that watching him do nothing about the open border for four years helped to change her mind.
Betsy Sarcone lives 70 miles north of the Ebersole farm, in the fast-growing Des Moines suburbs. This is our sixth visit, dating to August 2023 when we began our “All Over the Map” project to track campaigns and big policy debates through the eyes and experiences of everyday voters.
“I’m happy” is Sarcone’s take on Trump’s first year back in power. “I got what I voted for. And I think Trump has proved himself. There’s that saying, ‘Trump is always right. Trump was right about everything.’ That’s kind of how I am feeling right now.”
That is a dramatic change.
Sarcone was an early Ron DeSantis supporter in 2024, then switched to Haley. Back then, she said she would vote for Joe Biden if Trump won the GOP nomination.
“I just can’t put my rubber stamp on Trump having more influence over this country,” Sarcone told us in August 2023. “I view Trump as not having any personal responsibility.”
“I think Biden probably changed me more than Trump,” Sarcone said. “Watching nothing be done, for four years, about an open border.”
Now, she gives Trump an A-minus for his first year. She says the economy is beginning to pick up, and she can look past some of the tone and character issues she raised about Trump when we first met.
